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YEAR 41, NO. 03
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
20 ELUL, 5776
ROSH
HASHANAH
5777
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
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HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Burkini debate in France exposes divide in Jewish community
Fethi Belaid/ AFP/Getty Images
A Tunisian Muslim woman (r) wearing a burkini swimsuit wading in the water on a
beach near Tunis, Aug. 16, 2016.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
(JTA)—Like their constituents, the mainstream representatives of French Jewry
are not known for passing
up opportunities to express
their opinion on subjects of
national debate.
And Jewish institutions in
France, like those in the United States, regularly comment
on a host of issues, including
divisive ones that lie beyond
their immediate purviews.
The burkini ban was a
notable exception.
In May, CRIF, the umbrella
group of French Jewish communities, came out in support
of police officers who had been
accused by labor unions of
brutality against protesters.
And earlier this month, CRIF
spoke out against bias attacks
aimed at Asians in Paris.
Last year, at a Holocaust
commemoration ceremony, French Chief Rabbi Haim
Korsia urged the government
to treat migrants from the
Middle East according to
the values of “humanism,
universality and sharing,” a
move that angered many in
a community and country
traumatized by terrorist attacks by radical Muslims.
Yet the same establishment
has remained either silent or
equivocal throughout a highly
polarizing debate on an issue
with immediate implications
for French Jews: the ban
imposed by 30 municipalities
against the donning of the
full-body swimsuit called
a burkini, which is favored
by devout Muslim women
because it conforms to their
religious concepts on feminine modesty.
On Aug. 26, a French high
court declared the bans illegal, setting precedent for
other municipalities.
While nearly everyone in
France, and seemingly the
rest of the world, declared
an opinion on the burkini,
CRIF resisted calls to express
a position for about a month.
CRIF was mum even after
its British counterpart, the
Board of Deputies, labeled
the ban’s enforcement in Nice
“police harassment.”
It was only last week
that CRIF President Francis
Kalifat finally addressed the
issue—but without taking
a clear stand. He called for
legislation that distinguishes
between proper religious garb
and symbols, and ones used
politically.
Many French Jews see
this ambiguity as a necessary compromise between religious freedom and national
security. But the CRIF statement angered Jews across
the political and communal
spectrum. For some, the
failure to vigorously defend
minority religious rights
showed moral infirmity by
Jewish leaders and opened the
door to action against Jews
who wear distinctive clothing. According to this liberal
critique of the establishment,
the Jewish leaders set aside
important civic principles
only to avoid displeasing a
rightist constituency and a
government seen as beneficial
to communal interests.
Other voices were unhappy
that CRIF did not vigorously
defend a prohibition that the
government said was designed
to counter the radical Islam
that is threatening the very viability of French Jewry. Many
of these critics, affiliated
and direct constituents of
mainstream French Jewish
groups, have long argued that
the communal bosses are living in ivory towers detached
from the grinding reality of
anti-Semitic violence.
The one prominent French
rabbi who came out clearly
in support of the ban, Moshe
Sebbag, later backtracked,
claiming quotes given to JTA
were “taken out of context.”
The about-face by Sebbag,
the head rabbi of the Grand
Synagogue of Paris, reflects
the dilemma facing French
Jewish leaders who are under
internal pressure from both
sides of the burkini debate.
“The burkini issue has
divided the nation—and its
Jews,” said Yeshaya Dalsace,
a well-known Conservative
French rabbi from Paris. He
denounced the barring of the
swimsuit as “a ridiculous ban
that erodes the state’s credibility,” though he conceded
that the donning of a burkini at
times is a “political statement.”
While the divisions make
the silence of French Jewry’s
establishment “understandable,” it “doesn’t demonstrate
great courage,” said Dalsace,
a progressive outlier and
longtime critic of the Jewish
establishment in France.
To Bernard Rozes, a columnist for the news site Causeur,
French Jewry’s “ambiguous silence,” as he defined it, on the
burkini issue is “a paradox”
considering that religious
Jews wear clothes similar to
the burkini.
But the Jewish drive in
France to adapt to Diaspora communities, he argued,
means adopting the local ideal
of laicite—strict separation
between religion and state to
the point of forbidding religion in the public domain. For
French Jews, “the state is the
law,” Rozes wrote in a column
he penned Aug. 30.
But there may be more
specific political reasons for
French Jewish leaders to sit
out the burkini debate.
Criticism on the burkini
ban from the Jewish mainstream would be embarrassing to France’s hard-line
prime minister, Manuel Valls,
who supported the ban as
a measure against radical
Islam and who is considered
one of the most pro-Israel and
pro-Jewish French leaders in
recent history.
But the French Jewish
mainstream’s silence on
the burkini ban does come
with a price: It is alienating French Muslims. Amid
radicalization and attacks by
secularists and the far right
on shared religious customs
such as ritual slaughter and
circumcision, interreligious
cooperation is seen by many
as more necessary than ever.
The Muslim Press news site
is among several publications
that called out French Jews for
their position, or lack thereof,
on the burkini.
“What is the difference
between Muslim and Jewish
traditional garb for women?”
the news site asked in an oped on Aug. 29. “And why is
one group allowed to display
religious signs when another
is not?”
Ultimately, though, the
silence of French Jewry owed
principally neither to hostility
to Muslims nor fidelity to the
state, but to an internal conflict on the issue, said Dalsace,
the Conservative rabbi, whose
Orthodox Jewish sister bathes
in a swimsuit reminiscent of
the burkini.
Among French Jews, the
conflict defies division into
blocs such as progressives vs.
traditionalists or left vs. right,
Dalsace said. Some left-wing
seculars support the ban
because they regard religious
modesty as backward. Some
haredi Jews, meanwhile, fear
Muslim domination, but also
worry that the ban would
serve as a precedent for outlawing their own distinct garb.
“The community is divided,
but so are the individuals who
comprise it,” Dalsace said.
“As for me, I’m torn between
the desire to have a country
where religious customs are
respected and upheld, and
the desire to live in a country
whose residents don’t live in
the shadow of jihadism.”
One place swing-state voters won’t see Clinton and Trump
By Ben Sales
NEW YORK (JTA)—When
Rosh Hashanah came around
last year, Rabbi Aaron Gaber
wanted to grapple with an
issue roiling the country. So
he decided to focus his sermon
on racism.
But several members of
Brothers of Israel, a 120-family Conservative synagogue
in suburban Philadelphia,
weren’t pleased.
“Some of the feedback from
some of my congregants has
caused us some consternation,” Gaber said.
Congregants accused the
rabbi of calling them racists,
he recalled, “which I didn’t
do.”
This year, with the presidential election looming just
one month after Yom Kippur, Gaber will pick a much
more pareve topic for his
High Holidays sermons: how
congregants can be respectful to one another. He won’t
directly address the election.
Instead he will relate to some
of the rhetoric around the
campaign.
“One piece that I’m looking
to share with my congregation
is a spirituality checkup, and
to do quite a bit of reflection
on who we are and what we
represent as Jews and human
beings,” Gaber said. “What
does it mean to treat one
another with respect?”
Gaber’s congregation is in
Pennsylvania’s Bucks County,
a politically divided area in a
swing state. In 2012, President
Barack Obama won the county
over Mitt Romney by just 1
percentage point.
In skirting direct election
talk on the High Holidays,
Gaber will be joining rabbis
in “swing counties” across
America preferring instead to
touch on the vote by speaking about values or personal
conduct.
Spiritual leaders from
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan
and Florida noted that synagogues are legally prohibited
from endorsing candidates.
Anyway, they say, political
talk should not come from the
pulpit. Instead, when the rabbis address hundreds or thousands of congregants on Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur,
they will encourage them to
have compassionate conversations. Or they will talk about
how the winner—Republican
or Democrat—can be a moral
leader after Election Day.
“How possible is it to govern
and to do so with honesty
and with sensitivity?” asked
Rabbi Richard Birnholz of
the Reform Congregation
Schaarai Zedek in Tampa,
Florida, floating a potential
sermon topic. “I need to be
a rabbi to my people. It’s
very easy to have politics or
ideology—side taking—get
in the way of that, and then I
can’t really fulfill my real role,
which isn’t as a political or
social activist, but as a rabbi.”
The rabbis’ plans track with
survey data of sermons at
churches across the country.
An August survey by the Pew
Research Center found that 64
percent of churchgoers heard
their pastor discuss election
issues from the pulpit, but
only 14 percent heard their
pastor endorse or speak out
against a candidate.
Rabbis in all four states
said their synagogues had
significant populations of
voters for both parties. Some
said political discourse had
made the atmosphere at
synagogue tense, while others
don’t feel the pressure. Assistant Rabbi Michael Danziger
of the Reform Isaac M. Wise
Temple in Cincinnati said the
constant stream of campaign
ads doesn’t help.
“I do think all of the tools
to make conversation go off
the rails are present here,”
said Danziger, who graduated rabbinical school this
year. “So much advertising,
so much attention from the
campaigns. I think it happens
everywhere, but I think any
rhetoric that might fuel the
elements behind that stuff will
certainly be present here, and
at a fever pitch by November.”
When they aren’t at the
pulpit, rabbis from swing
states have been politically
active. Rabbi Sissy Coran
of the Rockdale Temple,
another Cincinnati Reform
synagogue, touted a voter registration drive that the Union
for Reform Judaism will be
conducting in North Carolina.
Birnholz teaches classes at
his synagogue about biblical
prophets using current events
as context.
Gaber wants to work with
the Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council to
educate congregants about
election issues. In December,
he and Rabbi Anna BoswellLevy of the nearby Reconstructionist Congregation
Kol Emet signed a statement
by the Bucks County Rabbis’
Council denouncing Republican nominee Donald Trump’s
proposal to ban Muslims from
entering the United States.
“It’s worse than it’s ever
been in my lifetime,” BoswellLevy said of the national
political climate. “I think
that the way Trump speaks
is incredibly troubling, and
people react to it in very
strong ways—whether they’re
appalled or disgusted by him,
or whether they feel that their
views are validated by him.”
And rabbis have also discussed politics throughout
the year in smaller prayer
services. Boswell-Levy feels
she can address sensitive
issues such as the global
refugee crisis or protests in
Ferguson, Missouri, at Friday
night services, which draw a
smaller crowd than the High
Holidays.
Rabbi Yechiel Morris of the
Young Israel of Southfield,
an Orthodox congregation
in suburban Detroit, criticized Trump earlier in the
campaign and drew backlash.
Sermonizing against Trump
again during the High Holidays would be pointless, he
said, as “you don’t need to
repeat yourself.”
“I didn’t focus so much
on his politics, policies and
things of that nature, but
more on the character and
language he uses, and how
upsetting that is,” Morris said.
“There were some members
who felt I should not have
highlighted that one particular candidate.”
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein of
the Conservative Congregation Beth Ahm, also in suburban Detroit, also thinks that
politics from the pulpit serves
little purpose. Involved congregants know their rabbis’
political leanings, no matter
the sermon topic.
“People are listening, and
they don’t need to be hit over
the head, told what to do,” he
said. “A very high percentage
of the congregants would
know who their rabbi would
vote for without them saying it.”
Judea and Samaria not ‘West
Bank,’ U.S. Congressmen affirm
(JNS.org) U.S. Rep. Trent
Franks (R-AZ) spoke to an
Israeli delegation this week
about congressional support
of the Jewish communities
in Judea and Samaria, Israel
National News reported.
“I want to say to all the
people of Samaria that they
are beloved by the American
people, and we believe that
Judea and Samaria are not
the ‘West Bank’ but part of
the state of Israel,” Franks
told the Samarian Regional
Council delegation on Capitol
Hill.
The council’s chief Yossi
Dagan visited Washington,
D.C., to meet with more than a
dozen Republican and Demo-
crat legislators to discuss the
U.S. support of Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria.
“There are people in the
U.S. Congress who, no matter what, will continue to
work on behalf of Judea and
Samaria, who will continue to
do whatever they can to fight
on behalf of Israel and ensure
that you will never feel alone
in this world,” Franks said in
the meeting that Dagan urged Congress to
pressure the Obama administration to stop demanding
that Israel freeze Jewish building in Judea and Samaria. “The pressure the American government is putting
on the Israeli government
to strangle settlement and
block construction creates a
situation where our children
are forced to learn in caravans
rather than normal buildings,
like other children around the
world,” Dagan said.
Halting construction prevents children in Judea and
Samaria from living close to
their parents due to lack of
housing, he explained.
“The international pressure has also prevented Israel
from expanding the water
infrastructure in Samaria as
needed, which at the end of
the day means both Israeli
and Arab residents were left
without water for much of this
past summer,” Dagan added.
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Journey on a Jewish genealogy workshop roadshow
Start on a family discovery
journey with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater
Orlando (JGSGO) as it continues “My Jewish Roots” a
JGSGO Workshop Roadshow.
Join JGSGO for all nine
remaining free workshops
coming to locations through-
out the Orlando metro area or
participate over the Internet.
Each participant’s family
discovery journey will include
directed hands-on labs that
will lead to extending their
family tree—adding newly
discovered ancestors and living cousins.
The second “My Jewish
Roots” workshop, “Connect
to the Experts and Key Resources,” will cover: the best
opportunities to learn from
others; how to stay current
on the latest developments
such as Facebook groups,
Wiki pages, Jewish Genealogy
Rabbi Adler dies at age 96
Rabbi Rudolph Adler
Rabbi Rudolph “Rudy”
Adler, a pillar of the Jewish
community in Orlando for
more than 50 years, passed
away Monday morning, Sept.
19. He was 96 years old.
He was born in Kassel, Germany, and was a Holocaust survivor. For him, living through
the Holocaust strengthened
his faith in a ‘’supreme being...
and the need for divine guidance and morality.’’ He also
believed that education was
extremely important to fight
against prejudice.
‘’I still feel that there’s
a lot of prejudice based on
ignorance,’’ he once stated.
‘’If more people would know
about Judaism I think the
prejudice would be less.’’
Rabbi Adler was the rabbi
of Congregation Ohev Shalom
from 1960 to 1990. He then
became COS’s Rabbi Emeritus.
He also had a weekly column,
titled Rabbinical Thoughts,
that ran in the Heritage Florida
Jewish Newspaper for several
years. Jews and non-Jews were
always asking questions about
Judaism and the column was a
good medium to explain many
things. Still, he always received
many calls from nonmembers
of the congregation with inquires. He always took the time
to answer their questions. He
loved teaching about his faith.
To Rabbi Adler, it was just part
of his job.
Because of his undying
service to the Jewish community, the Heritage honored
him with the Human Service
Award in 2006. He is the only
rabbi to receive this award.
“Rabbi Adler was known
for his great kindness and his
loving care of the members of
our synagogue. With his wife
Rose z”l, by his side, Rabbi
Adler tended to the needs
of this congregation,” wrote
Rabbi Aaron Rubinger in a
letter to the COS members.
Rabbi Adler was so well
known in the entire community that when he retired
as rabbi at COS, that Friday
was proclaimed by Orlando
Mayor Bill Frederick as Rabbi
Rudolph Adler Day in the city.
An entire weekend was dedicated to special recognitions,
culminating in a banquet.
Rabbi Adler and Rose always
walked to the synagogue on
Shabbat and stated that he
would always walk to shul as
long as he was able.
Myrtle Rutberg, a member
of the congregation for almost
50 years at that time, told the
Orlando Sentinel in 1990,
‘’In the 16 and a half years
since I became a widow, he
and Rose walked me home
from synagogue every Friday
that I attended services. They
honored the fact that I wanted
to do this, and they never let
me go alone.’’
Rabbi Adler was always
reaching out to ot hers
through many different positions, on staff or as a volunteer.
He served as a chaplain at
the Orlando Naval Training
Center, the former U.S. Air
Force base, and a Winter
Park nursing home. He also
visited Jewish inmates at
jails in Central Florida and
the Florida State Prison near
Starke. He saw visiting the
inmates as “bringing them a
little sunshine.”
‘’It’s part of human service,
loving your neighbor and
being kind, especially to the
downtrodden, the less fortunate,’’ he said. ‘’I think I can
help them a little bit, bring
them a little sunshine.’’
In the Orlando Jewish
community, Rabbi Adler was
the founder of the Greater
Orlando Board of Rabbis.
“His death is a great loss
to his family, our synagogue,
the Jewish community and
the Orlando community at
large,” wrote Rabbi Rubinger.
“He will be deeply missed by
so very many.”
Rabbi Adler is survived by
his children, Paul and Parinaz
Adler, Allan and Ann Adler,
and Rae and Dr. Paul Wallach.
Funeral services were held
on Wednesday morning at
10:30 a.m. at Congregation
Ohev Shalom, followed by
burial at the COS cemetery.
The family requests contributions in memory of Rabbi
Rudolph J Adler to Congregation Ohev Shalom, 613
Concourse Parkway South,
Maitland FL 32751.
Services were entrusted to
Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando
32810.
Jewish Film Festival
The Roth Family Jewish
Community Center of Greater
Orlando has announced the
dates of its 18th Annual
Central Florida Jewish Film
Festival, held in conjunction
with the Enzian Theater—
Nov. 12-14.
The festival’s committee,
chaired by Harriet Weiss
and Risa Tetenbaum, have
screened over 65 films. The
weekend kicks off on Saturday night at the Orlando
Science Center, followed by
two more days of films on
Sunday and Monday at the
Enzian.
“ The pa st few years
have brought in an overwh el m i n g c ro wd ,” s a id
Weiss. “This year’s films
promise to be on par with
past festivals.”
Weiss explained that the
committee is seeking sponsorships, ranging from $500$2,500, which includes a
range of benefits, including
reserved seating.
In addition to sponsorships,
individual and series passes
will be available at the Enzian
Theater beginning the second
week of October.
For more information
about sponsorship opportunities, contact the JCC’s development director, Michelle
Kutschinski, at MichelleK@
orlandojcc.org or 407-6214066.
Temple Israel to host ‘Dinner
Under the Stars’ during Sukkot
The onset of autumn means
cooler weather, fall flavors, and
Sukkot. Temple Israel will celebrate all three with “Dinner
Under the Stars” in their sukkah on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at
6:30 p.m. This event is open
to the community and takes
place on a religious school day.
Temple Israel member
Lauren Brown, who will be
leading a team of volunteer
cooks and servers, said, “Our
wonderful kitchen mavens
are planning an exciting
Sukkot menu of pumpkin
soup, apricot chicken, harvest
vegetables, and rice pilaf with
kid-friendly options.”
Some of those kid favorites
include chicken nuggets and
plain rice. Everyone will also
enjoy a variety of desserts, plus
soda, coffee, and tea.
The meal is $8 for adults,
$5 for children under 12 years,
and free for children 3 years
and younger. Any prospective Temple Israel family is
invited to attend for free with
a reservation. For more information
and to register, visit www.
tiflorida.org, call 407-964730 55, or ema il of f ice@
tiflorida.org.
on YouTube, and other resources to get your questions
answered; and the best ways
to bait for unknown cousins
who may have information
that you’re missing.
Future workshops will
cover: how to discover the
ancestral towns outside of the
U.S.; how to decide which DNA
test to take, who to test, and
with which company; understanding your DNA results;
researching with Ancestry.
com; researching family in
the Shoah; and researching
ancestral records in the native
country.
JGSGO President Jerry
Kurland noted, “Two participants in our first workshop
made major discoveries. If you
have had any interest in finding your roots, this workshop
series will bring you success.”
Marlis Glaser Humphrey
will lead the “Connect to the
Experts and Key Resources”
workshop. She is the president
of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies (IAJGS) and president of the Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS), a
world-known lecturer, and
has discovered all her ancestral shtetls. Humphrey and
JGSGO mavens will assist
workshop attendees as they
start their family discovery
journey on their own laptops.
“Connect to the Experts
and Key Resources” with
Marlis Humphrey will be held:
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. at The Roth Family Jewish Community Center, 851
N. Maitland Ave., Maitland,
FL 32751. The workshop is
free and open to the public.
Bring your own laptop to
participate in the lab portion.
It is also possible to attend via
the Internet. Pre-registration
is required. Pre-register for
either in-person or online
participation at www.jgsgo.
org/MyJewishRoots.
The Jewish Genealogical
Society of Greater Orlando
(JGSGO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing
genealogical information,
techniques and research tools
with anyone interested in
Jewish genealogy and family
history. For more information
visit www.jgsgo.org and “like”
us at www.facebook.com/
jgsgreaterorlando. Questions? Email [email protected].
The “My Jewish Roots”
series of 10 monthly handson workshops hosted by the
JGSGO is co-hosted by the
Roth JCC, Rosen JCC, UCF
Hillel, Congregation Ohev
Shalom, and Temple Israel in
rotation at their facilities and
also joinable over the Internet.
In addition to assisting attendees in discovering their
family tree, these workshops
will help the Orlando Jewish
community get the most out
of the upcoming 37th Annual
International Association of
Jewish Genealogical Societies
(IAJGS) International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
This premiere international
conference will be held for
the first time in Florida July
23-28, 2017 at the Disney
Swan Hotel with local host
JGSGO. For more information, visit www.jgsgo.org/
MyJewishRoots.
New year, new calendars!
Following a fabulous Yiddish Class at Brookdale
Island Lake, Emily Newman, program pirector for
the Jewish Pavilion, passed out 5777 calendars to the
residents and participants.
Special thanks to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel
for providing 500 calendars to the Jewish Pavilion.
Pictured is Emily Newman handing a calendar to
Berny Raff.
Jewish Pavilion’s 2016 High Holiday Schedule
Please join Jewish Pavilion program directors and volunteers for a high holiday service
at any of these locations. The services are open to all. If you are looking for an address,
please visit The Jewish Pavilioin website, www.jewishpavilion.org and click on facilities.
Sept. 30th @ 11:00am at Island Lake Nursing Center
Sept. 30th @ 3:00pm at Oakmonte Siena
Sept. 30th @ 4:00pm at Atria at Lake Forrest
Oct. 2nd @ 12:30pm at Gentry Park
Oct.2nd
@ 3:00pm at Arbor Cove
@ 12:00 at Brookdale Ocoee
Oct 3rd
@ 2:30pm at Horizon Bay Lake Orienta (Penny)
Oct 3rd
Oct 3rd
@ 2:00pm at Quality Health Care
Oct. 3rd @ 3:30pm at Mayflower, Standish center
Oct. 3rd @ 5:00pm at Oakmonte Village
Oct. 4th @ 10:30am at Brookdale Island Lake
Oct. 4th @ 1:45pm at Brookdale Dr. Phillips II
Oct. 4th @ 2:30pm at Brookdale Dr. Phillips I
Oct. 4th @ 3:00pm at Winter Park Care & Rehab
Oct. 5th @ 12:00pm at Horizon Bay Montgomery
Oct. 6th @ 10:00am at Regents Park & the Westchester
Oct. 6th @ 10:30am at Terra Vista
Oct. 6th @ 3:00pm at Kinneret
Oct. 7th @ 11:00am at Lake Mary Rehab
Oct. 7th @ 1:30pm at Brookdale Lake Mary
Oct. 7th @ 2:00pm at Life Care
Oct. 7th @ 3:00pm at The Westminster
Oct. 7th @ 4:00pm at Horizon Bay Boston
Oct 10th @ 1:00pm Arden Court Oviedo
Oct. 10th @ 3:00pm at Brookdale Tuskawilla
Oct. 12th @ 11:00 at Brookdale Island Lake (Yom Kippur)
Oct. 12th @ Westminster Towers
Oct. 13th @ 10:00am at Encore at Avalon Park
Oct. 13th @ 1:00pm at The Parks
Oct. 14th @ 12:00pm at Grand Villa
Oct. 14th @ 12:00pm at The Commons
Oct. 14th @ 1:30pm at Savannah Court of Oviedo
Oct. 14th @ 3:00pm at The Mayflower, Country Kitchen
Oct. 17th @ 10:00am at Watercrest
Oct. 21st @ 10:30am at Solaris
Oct. 28th @ 10:30am at Plantation Bay
Oct. 28th @ 11:30am at Savannah Court
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Europe’s ‘most notorious Jew-baiter,’ it’s a tie
By Ben Cohen
JNS.org
Jew-baiting these days is a globally competitive field. The Middle East, Latin America and
Asia could all put up credible candidates for the
title of most notorious Jew-baiter. But if you ask
me, it’s in Europe, the continent where modern
anti-Semitism crystallized, where you’ll still
find the most able and determined baiters.
Now, if I had to pick someone from that
particular field, I’d have to conclude that it’s
a tie for first place. From Hungary: step forward Zsolt Bayer,
journalist, fascist apologist, a founder of the
ruling Fidesz party, and a confidante of that
country’s Putinesque prime minister, Viktor
Orban. From Great Britain: step forward Ken
Livingstone, former Mayor of London, darling
of Islamists both Shi’a—Hezbollah—and
Sunni—the Muslim Brotherhood—and literally obsessed with the claim that the Zionist
movement collaborated with Adolf Hitler
during the 1930s. (His obsession has lasted so
long, one wag on Twitter commented that he’d
devised a drinking game where he downed a
shot of gin every time Livingstone mentioned
Hitler, with the result that he’s now living in
a dumpster.)
I get that there are others who could stake a
claim to the “most notorious” title. Like French
comic Dieudonné M’bala M’bala. Or the leaders
of Greece’s neo-fascist Golden Dawn Party. Or
the former British parliamentarian George
Galloway. But I choose Bayer and Livingstone
because together they neatly encapsulate the
thematic fixations of post-war anti-Semitism:
the undue political and economic influence of
wealthy, powerful Jews, the insinuation that
Jews invariably choose tribal conspiracy over
national loyalty and the contention that the
Jews themselves actively assisted the Nazi
genocide that led to Auschwitz and Treblinka.
The latest controversy around Bayer erupted
when the Hungarian government awarded him
the prestigious Order of Merit of the Knights
Cross. More than 40 previous recipients of
the award returned their medals in protest
How the BDS challenge helped
one campus Hillel prosper
By Donna Schwartz
NEWARK, Del. (JTA)—My social media
exploded earlier this month with dozens
of Facebook notifications, texts and group
messages from across the country. JTA had
published one of my favorite photos, with our
University of Delaware Hillel students dressed
in blue and yellow, their hands outstretched
to form the Star of David.
The photo illustrated an article, an op-ed
by Arnold Eisen, the chancellor of The Jewish
Theological Seminary, titled “Jewish pride on
campus is under siege. Here’s what your kids
can do to fight back.”
While Chancellor Eisen focused on what Jewish students can do to fight anti-Semitism and
anti-Israel bias on campus, the headline could
have led readers to the false inference that
the University of Delaware is an example of a
campus under siege.
We certainly don’t see our campus that
way, and I doubt many of my colleagues at
Hillels across the country and around the
world believe they are “under siege.” In fact,
the number of anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions activities on campus declined
in the past academic year.
Because Hillel directors are on campuses
every day, and have been for years, they have
the relationships to effectively mitigate these
incidents and minimize their effect on the
daily experiences of Jewish students. My colleagues and I regularly meet with university
administrators, student life deans, local law
enforcement and our Jewish community
partners to prepare for these incidents and
respond proactively when needed.
While protests against Israel and antiSemitic incidents are certainly unwelcome on
campus, they have an unintended consequence
of building and strengthening the Jewish community, and fortifying the resolve of students
and community members to advocate for
their beliefs.
Two years ago, when Students for Justice
in Palestine promoted their “Israel Apartheid”
week on our campus, we heard from students,
alumni and parents with whom we’d never had
contact before. Many wanted to know what they
could do to help, how they could get involved
and what our plan was. Our local federation,
Hillel International and other Israel partners
all stepped in to make sure we and our students
felt supported. They saw the help our campus
was getting and rallied around engaging their
peers in conversations about Israel.
The challenge of anti-Israel activities can
also be an opportunity to revisit how Hillels
discuss, debate and program around Israel. We
have hired an Israel engagement associate, who
specifically focuses on building bridges with
students individually and other organizations
on campus. We now have a stronger commitment to what we believe and to be heard, so
that no one perceives theirs as the only side
of the debate.
The results speak for themselves. More than
half of the University of Delaware’s Jewish
students are involved in Jewish life on campus.
Between Hillel and Chabad, we send more than
200 students to Israel each year. We have more
than 150 students in leadership positions or
interning at Hillel, and more than 20 of those
are focused on Israel.
While anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activities
do occur, many of the same campuses that
experience these negative moments are also
places where Jewish life is thriving, and Jewish
students are educated, engaged and taking
pride in who they are and the community in
which they associate.
Take Hannah Greenberg. When she came
to U.D. as a freshman last year, one of her
biggest fears was facing anti-Semitism on
campus. Now she proudly displays a mezuzah
on her dorm room door. Other students use
it as an opportunity to ask questions and to
learn more about different beliefs, not to bash
Jews or Israel.
“Being a Jew on campus has not lessened my
pride,” she told me. “It has caused it to grow.
Being faced with different ideas than your own
does not cause pride to disappear. It gives you
a reason to feel that pride, and to be proud of
your beliefs and traditions.”
Jewish students at the University of Delaware
are proud to stand up for what they believe in.
The strong Jewish community we have built is
palpable from that photo. And that is the best
defense for any attacks on our community and
our homeland that are to come.
Donna Schwartz is the executive director
of the University of Delaware Hillel.
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at the honor being shared with Bayer, among
them Andras Heisler, a senior Hungarian
Jewish communal leader, and Katrina Lantos
Swett, daughter of the late and much revered
Congressman Tom Lantos, who survived the
Holocaust in Hungary.
Their objections are not exactly complicated
to figure out. Analysts of Hungarian politics
like the veteran journalist Karl Pfeifer and
the U.S.-based academic Eva Balogh have
patiently documented Bayer’s ravings for an
English-language audience. Bayer has argued,
for example, that anti-Semitism is a “natural”
state of mind for Hungarians because, as he
tells it, the short lived communist republic of
1919 was all a Jewish plot. In another piece, he
spat angrily at the “limitless hunger of Jewish
financiers.” In yet another, perhaps his ugliest,
he sniped at the British journalist Nick Cohen
as a “stinking excrement called something
like Cohen,” before concluding what a shame
it was that Cohen and those like him “were
not all buried up to their necks at the forest
in Orgovany”—the site of a 1919 massacre of
Hungarian communists, including several
Jews. Also noteworthy is Bayer’s loathing of the
Roma minority, whose fate in modern Hungary
is a largely ignored story of persecution and
discrimination. In one screed reminiscent of a
Hitler rant, Bayer spoke of the Roma gypsies as
“[N]ot fit to live among human beings. These
people are animals and behave like animals.
Like a bitch in heat, she wants to copulate
with whomever and wherever.” In Bayer’s
mind, then, the racially-based demonization of
Jews and gypsies, with its jarring misogynistic
overtones, is alive and well.
Livingstone is cut from a different cloth.
His animosity towards Jews avoids the racial
vulgarities of Bayer. Instead, his approach, essentially unchanged since he became a major
political figure on the British landscape, is to
attack the emotional and political identification of the British Jewish community with
Israel. One way he does this is to accuse anyone
raising concerns about anti-Semitism of doing so because of pro-Israel loyalties—a trick
dubbed “The Livingstone Formulation” by the
British academic David Hirsh. Another is his
fixation with imagery and language equating
Israeli policies with that of the Nazis, something covered in detail by the political analyst
Dave Rich in his superb new book, “The Left’s
Jewish Problem.”
Most of all, Livingstone likes to manipulate
the history of the Holocaust. He doesn’t deny
that Nazis murdered six million Jews, but he
regards the Zionist movement as having played
a critical role in enabling the Holocaust. When
he repeated these claims earlier this year, in
the midst of several anti-Semitism scandals
already rocking the British Labour Party, the
party’s far left leader, Jeremy Corbyn, found
himself with no choice but to suspend Livingstone from membership.
Yet far from apologizing, Livingstone continues to insist that he is historically correct, with
all the zeal of someone who asserts that 9/11
was an “inside job.” But because Livingstone
is a national figure, just as Bayer, his slanders
Cohen on page 25A
Campus Zionists need selfconfidence, not safe spaces
By Seffi Kogen
NEW YORK (JTA)—They’re all true, all
those stories you’ve heard. The Jewish student questioned about whether her Judaism
and involvement in the Jewish community
would disqualify her from serving in student
government. The Israel bashers who besieged
a movie night put on by a pro-Israel group,
forcing Jewish students to escape under police
protection. The man from Students for Justice
in Palestine who stood up at a rally of campus
rape survivors and their allies and used his time
at the microphone to attack Israel.
And, of course, the swastikas—oh, the swastikas—scrawled in dorm rooms, scratched into
elevators, spray-painted on fraternity houses.
It’s all true. And it’s become so bad that some
suggest that first-year students be warned to
“brace yourselves for insane anti-Semitism.”
Respectfully, I beg to differ.
In fact, there has never been a better time
to be a Jewish college student. That is fact,
not opinion.
Jews were not fully accepted into American
higher education until the 1950s, when the
quota system finally came to an end. In the
1960s and ‘70s, civil rights and anti-war activism often led to contentious relations between
Jewish students and campus administrations.
And how could anyone argue that life was better
for young Jews before the turn-of-the-century
advent of Birthright?
No, there’s no disputing that recent years—
with Hillel active at over 500 colleges and
universities, Birthright bringing 40,000 people
to Israel each year and hundreds of millions
of dollars pouring in to support Jewish life
on campus—have afforded Jewish students
across the country a set of opportunities never
before imagined.
And yet: the swastikas. The suspicions of
Jewish dual loyalty that we had all thought long
buried. And the hatred directed at Jewish students (but only, we’re assured unreassuringly,
because they are Zionists, as if it were possible
to cleave Zionism from Jewish identity).
Facing different but not entirely dissimilar
challenges, many other oppressed and marginalized groups have called for trigger warnings, altered curricula and “safe spaces” to
congregate and convalesce. This is certainly
understandable. We want college students to
feel secure as they enter this pivotal time in
their lives.
Yet no matter how nobly intentioned, these
measures do more harm than good. Jews spent
decades demanding entrée into the academy,
and academic freedom and the marketplace
of ideas have allowed Jews to thrive on the
American college campus. We as a community
would be poorly served by efforts to diminish
those values.
The University of Chicago made headlines
recently for sending its incoming students
a note that read, in part: “Our commitment
to academic freedom means that we do not
support so called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do
not cancel invited speakers because their
topics might prove controversial, and we
do not condone the creation of intellectual
‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat
from ideas and perspectives at odds with
their own.”
The university is right. As Supreme Court
Justice Louis Brandeis wrote so many years
ago, “Fear of serious injury cannot alone
justify suppression of free speech. Men feared
witches and burnt women. It is the function
of speech to free men from the bondage of
irrational fears.”
Anti-Zionism is a liberal orthodoxy very
much in vogue in progressive activist circles
today. It is commonplace to find anti-Zionism
enforced in groups concerned with LGBT
rights, sexual assault prevention, climate
justice and more. But anti-Zionism is deeply
offensive to the majority of Jewish students
who are moved as Jews to support the Jewish
state—if for no other reason than because half
the world’s Jews live there.
Yet students need not be sheltered from
anti-Zionist opinions. We have nothing to fear
from them. We must have confidence that the
arguments for Zionism are compelling enough
to survive—even thrive—under intellectual
scrutiny.
So, entering college freshmen and returning students, don’t “brace yourself for insane
anti-Semitism.” Prepare yourself, instead, to
encounter ideas at odds with your own. Don’t
simply accept those ideas. Examine them
carefully and critically before determining
whether they are worth incorporating into
your worldview.
And while you shouldn’t be overly concerned
about “insane anti-Semitism,” you should
take care to look after your own Judaism. Get
involved in Hillel. Enroll in a Jewish studies
course. Educate yourself about modern Israel.
The best defense of the Jewish state is not ratcheting up the rhetoric, it’s seeking out a strong
Jewish community, enhancing your knowledge
and identity, going on a Birthright trip.
Experiencing the marketplace of ideas at a
university is a great privilege. Don’t waste it.
Seffi Kogen is the American Jewish Committee’s assistant director for campus affairs.
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Western freedom of expression stifled by Islam
By Giulio Meotti
When Salman Rushdie’s
The Satanic Verses came
out in 1989, Viking Penguin,
the British and American
publisher of the novel, was
subjected to daily Islamist
harassment. As Daniel Pipes
wrote, the London office
resembled “an armed camp,”
with police protection, metal
detectors and escorts for
visitors. In Viking’s New York
offices, dogs sniffed packages
and the place was designated
a “sensitive location.” Many
bookshops were attacked
and many even refused to
sell the book. Viking spent
about $3 million on security
measures in 1989, the fatal
year for Western freedom of
expression.
Nonetheless, Viking never
flinched. It was a miracle that
the novel finally came out.
Other publishers, however,
faltered. Since then, the situation has only gotten worse.
Most Western publishers are
now faltering. That is the
meaning of the new Hamed
Abdel-Samad affair.
The Muslim Brotherhood
gave Abdel-Samad all that
an Egyptian boy could wish
for: spirituality, camaraderie,
companionship, a purpose. In
Giza, Hamed Samad became
part of the Brotherhood.
His father had taught him
the Koran; the Brotherhood
explained to him how to
translate these teachings into
practice.
Abdel-Samad repudiated
them after one day in the desert. The Brothers had given all
the new militants an orange
after they had walked under
the sun for hours. They were
ordered to peel it. Then the
Brotherhood asked them to
bury the fruit in the sand, and
to eat the peel. The next day,
Abdel-Samad left the organization. It was the humiliation
needed to turn a human being
into a terrorist.
Abdel-Samad today is 46
years old and lives in Munich,
Germany, where he married a
Danish girl and works for the
Institute of Jewish History and
Culture at the
University of Munich. In
his native Egyptian village,
his first book caused an uproar. Some Muslims wanted
to burn it.
Abdel-Samad’s recent book,
Der Islamische Faschismus:
Eine Analyse, has just been
burned at the stake not in
Cairo by Islamists, but in
France by some of the selfrighteous French.
The book is a bestseller in
Germany, where it has been
published by the well-known
publisher, Droemer Knaur.
An English translation has
been published in the U.S.
by Prometheus Books, under
the title Islamic Fascism.
Two years ago, the French
publisher, Piranha, acquired
the rights to translate AbdelSamad’s book about “Is-
lamic Fascism” into French.
A publication date was even
posted on Amazon: Sept. 16.
But at the last moment, the
publisher stopped its release.
Jean-Marc Loubet, head of the
publishing house, announced
to Abdel-Samad’s agent that
the publication of his book is
now unthinkable in France,
not only for security reasons,
but also because it would
reinforce the “extreme right.”
For criticizing Islam, Abdel-Samad lives under police
protection in Germany and, as
with Rushdie, a fatwa hangs
over him. After the fatwa come
the insults: being censored by
a free publishing house. This is
what the Soviets did to destroy
writers: destroy his books.
Abdel-Samad’s case is not
new. At a time when dozens
of novelists, journalists and
scholars are facing Islamists’
threats, it is unforgivable that
Western publishers not only
agree to bow down, but are
often the first to capitulate.
In France, for criticizing
Islam in a column titled “We
refuse to change civilization”
for the daily newspaper, Le
Monde, the famous writer,
Renaud Camus, lost his publisher, Fayard.
Before he suddenly became
“unpopular” in the Paris’s literary establishment, Camus
had been friends with Louis
Aragon, the famous Communist poet and founder of
surrealism, and was close to
joining “the immortals” of
the French Academy. Roland
Barthes, the star of the Collège de France, had written
the preface to Camus’ most
famous novel, Tricks, the cultclassic book of gay culture.
Then a Paris court convicted Camus for “Islamophobia”
(a fine of 4,000 euros), for a
speech he gave on Dec. 18,
2010, in which he spoke of
“Grand Replacement”, the
replacement of the French
people under the Trojan horse
of multiculturalism. It was
then that Camus became
persona non grata in France.
The Jewel of Medina, a
novel by the American writer
Sherry Jones about the life of
the third wife of Muhammad,
was first purchased and then
scrapped by the powerful
publisher Random House,
which had already paid her
an advance and launched an
ambitious promotional campaign. Jones’s new publisher,
Gibson Square, was then
firebombed by Islamists in
London.
Then there was Yale University Press, which published a
book by Jytte Klausen, “The
Cartoons That Shook the
World”, on the history of the
controversial “Mohammad
cartoons” that were published
by the Danish newspaper
Jyllands-Posten in 2005, and
crisis that followed. But Yale
University Press published the
book without the cartoons,
Meotti on page 25A
This Rosh Hashanah, I challenge you to focus on the positives
By Nina Badzin
(Kveller via JTA)—Two essential parts of preparing for
Rosh Hashanah, our clean
slate for the year, is asking
forgiveness from anyone we
wronged and making a list
(mental or written) of the
ways we fell short since the
last time we heard the shofar.
Ideally that hard work of
going to friends, family and
anyone else deserving of our
forgiveness happens in the
weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah. By the time Yom Kippur rolls around 10 days later,
we should be ready to confess
our mistakes as a community,
having already considered our
personal paths to “teshuvah,”
repentance, and how we will
do better this year.
I find the exercise of writing
down all my regrets before
Rosh Hashanah rather easy.
If, like me, you’re the kind of
person with a high capacity for
guilt, you probably find that
task easy, too, since we already
felt badly about it during the
year. I regret contributing to
any gossip. I regret listening to
any gossip. I regret not helping
individuals or organizations
more. I regret not calling
more. I regret not answering
the phone. I regret resorting
to texts and emails. I regret
the rudeness of looking at
my phone in the middle of a
conversation. I regret all the
times I rolled my eyes. I regret
any time I spoke more than I
listened, both in person and
online.
I find that my kids, perhaps through nature and
nurture, also have no problem (OK, after some prodding) coming up with people
deserving of apologies and
ways they could have behaved better during the year.
Surprisingly, the more challenging task for all of us is
remembering the times we
could have made the wrong
choice but didn’t.
In Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s
book “A Code of Jewish Ethics
Volume I: You Shall By Holy,”
he suggests that in addition
to focusing on our transgressions before Rosh Hashanah,
we also make a list of the good
we did this year. He provides a
sample prayer modeled after
the Al Chet (“For the sin I
committed by ...”) recited
on Yom Kippur. Instead of
“For the sin I committed,” he
starts each line with “For the
mitzvah we (or I) performed.”
He ends the prayer with these
encouraging words: “All these
things, God, please remember
and inspire us to do more acts
like these in the year ahead.”
I find the “For the mitzvah
I performed” exercise difficult
because it feels like a brag
sheet and encouraging our
kids to similarly “brag” can be
confusing for them, too. But
the power of focusing on both
the mistakes and the positive
actions we performed this year
is about as powerful of a Rosh
Hashanah preparation that
you can get.
By considering all the good
I did in a year, I am reminded
of my capacity to make the
right choices, and it provides
hope that I can do even more
good in the year ahead. Perhaps one day the “mitzvah
list” will look longer than the
regret list, but I don’t believe
God expects perfection. Think
about the wisdom of the fact
that the one major mitzvah
(commandment, not “good
deed”) for Rosh Hashanah is
to hear the shofar. The shofar
is our spiritual wake-up call.
It would not be required every
year if we were expected to
have lived flawlessly.
I challenge everyone to
make a list of all the good
you did this year, even if it’s
something you only did one
time and fell short every other
time the situation presented
itself. That is the point of this
prayer, to remind us that if we
were able to avoid, for example,
contributing to gossip during
one conversation, then we have
the capacity to make that same
good choice again. I’ll give you
a few sample ideas. Remember,
even if I only made the right
choice once, it counts!
For the mitzvah I performed by happily donating
money to a friend’s race.
For the mitzvah I performed by consciously focusing on someone’s positive
traits even when I was angry,
or at least not exaggerating
the incident that made me
mad.
For the mitzvah I performed by not passing on
information that was not mine
to share.
For the mitzvah I performed by admitting to my
spouse or my children that I
was wrong.
For the mitzvah I performed by graciously hosting
friends for Shabbat.
For the mitzvah I performed by introducing friends
to each other and introducing
professional contacts to each
other rather than hoarding
the people in my life.
For the mitzvah I performed by remembering not
to “reply all,” thereby avoiding
wasting everyone’s time.
To repeat Rabbi Telushkin’s
concluding line, “For all these
things, God, please remember
and inspire us to do more acts
like these in the year ahead.”
Nina Badzin is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer and
mother of four. Her essays,
short stories and book reviews
have appeared on numerous
sites and in literary magazines. She is the co-founder
of The Twin Cities Writing
Studio, blogs weekly at http://
ninabadzin.com and tweets @
NinaBadzin.
Stop saying you’ll move to Canada if Trump wins—
American Jews already have a second home—Israel
By David Benkof
Last month, Barbra Streisand announced to great
fanfare that if Donald Trump
wins the presidential election, she’ll move to Canada
or Australia.
Threatening to emigrate,
usually to Canada, if the Republican candidate wins is a
quadrennial threat among
liberals—both celebrity and
not—who want to express
their horror at a Democratic
loss in November.
But it pains me when the
one voicing the threat—
whether Streisand, Lena Dunham, or one of my Facebook
friends—is an American Jew.
Because Jews already have a
home ready to welcome them
if they no longer feel comfortable where they’re living, and
it’s not Canada.
In fact, Israel’s very raison
d’etre is to serve as a haven for
Diaspora Jews who feel they
must emigrate.
Now, I’m not a Trump
fan (I’m a conservative Re-
publican voting for Hillary
Clinton). Still, I don’t expect
a Trump regime to lead to
rough times for American
Jews. But it is possible—and
if things get tough for American Jews it is essential that
they know Israel stands as a
ready refuge.
Obviously, Streisand and
Dunham are engaging in
flights of rhetoric when they
threaten to move to Canada.
People making these threats
almost never actually follow
through. (I could find a record
of only one prominent American—in fact a Jew—politico
Pierre Salinger, to have made
good on a promise to emigrate
if a Republican won the presidency.)
But by not even mentioning
Israel they “other” the country—as a faraway place with
a foreign tongue and alien
values. Balderdash. Modern
transportation has shrunk
the world; Israel works hard
to help immigrants learn Hebrew; English is widely spoken
in most of the country; and
American ideals of democracy,
freedom, equality, and diversity have broad expression—
sometimes moreso than in the
United States.
Look, I love Canada. I
visited three times this year
and plan to match that number, at least, next year. It’s a
beautiful country with warmhearted people proud of a
multicultural history that has
(mostly) embraced its Jewish
population.
But it’s not home. It’s not
even the ersatz United States
the Streisands and Dunhams
make it to be. If Jewish history has taught us anything,
it’s that we should never
get comfortable anywhere,
because lands we thought
loved us can turn on us. But
the existential situation of the
Jews is not what it was during
the expulsion from Spain, the
pogroms in Russia, and the
November Pogrom (“Kristallnacht”). Because we now have
an escape hatch, a safety valve,
a permanent net. And talk to
any Israeli, they’re proud to be
ready to receive any Jew who
needs them. So enough with the “I’ll
move to Canada” babble.
If thousands of American
Jews—nay, millions of American Jews—need a refuge, the
people of Israel stand ready.
And they deserve a little
gratitude.
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Temple Israel —Guest speaker at Shabbat service is Hannah Willard, Public Policy director at
Equality Florida Institute, who will speak on the impact of the Pulse massacre. 7 p.m, Meet and
Greet, Services begin at 7:30 p.m. Temple Israel is located at 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs.
PJ Library—Multi-generational Shabbat Picnic in the Park, 5:30 p.m. at Enders Park Clubhouse
in Baldwin Park, 947 Fern Ave., Orlando. The event is free.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Prayerful Meditation at Temple Israel—Led by Rabbi Joshua Neely, this is an experiential workshop to help open up the channels of spirit that connect us to God. This includes meditation,
guided imagery, breathing excercises and more. Open to the entire community at no cost.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
J.O.IN. Orlando—Hosts an interactive discussion titled: The Joy of Jewish Holidays” at 8 a.m.
Shacharis at Orlando Torah Center, 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando. Breakfast included.
A Nosh of Yiddish—Classes in Yiddish the third Thursday of each month led by Joan Pohl
and sponsored by the Jewish Pavilion, held at Brookdale Island Lake, 160 Islander Court in
Longwood, 10:30 a.m. Info: 407-678-9363.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Israeli Folk Dancing—7-7:30 p.m. beginners, 7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m., requests.
Cost: Free for JCC members, $5 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Torah & Tea—Women’s study group meeting weekly from 9:30—10:30 a.m. in the Conference
Room at the Chabad Center of Jewish Life, 7347 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando. The group is
open to all women. Admission is free and no previous Jewish education is required.
Kinneret Apartments—Zei Gezunt—Be Healthy! Program 11:45 a.m. a program to ensure
that ongoing health and wellness of the elderly is addressed through programs to educate,
diet and exercise.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Temple Israel—Adult education class on the Torah portion of the week taught by Rabbi Neeley
at the synagogue, noon. At 7 p.m. Rabbi Neely leads a seminar in the style of the Beit Midrash
on Jewish Law. Info: 407-647-3055.
Congregation Beth Am—Adult Study, “Jewish Philosophy & Modern Questions,” 7:15 p.m. at
the synagogue.
The Jewish Studies Program—Presents Dr. Tudor Parfitt who will speak on The Lost Tribes
of Israel: Blood, Myth and History, 7 p.m. in the Galloway Room at Rollins College. Open to
the public
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Theater at the J—Opening night of “Bye, Bye Birdie,” 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. in the Harriett
and Hymen Lake Cultural Center at The Roth Family JCC. Cost: $10-$20; Info: Kerry Giese,
407-645-5933.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown
Jewish Pavilion—High Holiday services at Islando Lake Nursing Center, 11 a.m.; Oakmonte
Siena, 3 p.m.; Atria at Lake Forrest, 4 p.m. These services are open to all who would like to
attend and be with friends of family at these locations.
Quote of the Week
“Rosh Hashanah is the Creation of the World. It is a time to recreate ourselves by
recognizing our faults, repenting and asking forgiveness from others for our sins, all
leading to atonement, granted by God for our actions.”
— Marc Rubenstein
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5. Result of a Crystal crack?
9. It might be used to tie down
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14. Gilbert of “Roseanne”
15. Harrison’s bearded “Star
Wars” co-star
16. City of refuge
17. ___ Maga
18. Some lashon hara speakers
20. Island where many Jews
once landed
22. Teva bottoms
23. “And the earth ___ without form” (Gen. 1:2)
24. Real ___ (like a Mason set)
26. Broderick’s Simba, for one
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32. Kiddush cups and such
34. Passover time
36. Sit for a shot like Rafaeli
37. Isaacs eyes, later in life
38. What one could use to
build the Temple, nowadays
39. Many a doctor, stereotypically
40. The ___ Days
41. Bobbie Gentry sang one to
Billy Joe, not Billy Joel
42. Billy Joel often covers their
“Highway to Hell”
44. Walters was one on “The
View”
46. Vegetable a Jewish mother
might force on you
48. What a macher has (in a
school, perhaps)
49. Former Seattle team
owned by Sam Schulman,
for short
50. Like an unclosed honey pot
52. Many a retired Torah
55. Quality of an ideal IDF
soldier
57. Challah topper, at times
59. What Israel Day Parade
marchers stand in
63. Be a sherut passenger
64. Hurricane that closed
some yeshivas in 2011
65. “Belle ___” (Bob Dylan)
66. Fisher of film
67. Western currency worth
less than a Shekel
68. Lex Luthor’s sidekick in
Donner’s “Superman”
55. Quality of an ideal IDF
soldier
31. Where Or Sasson made
Israel proud
33. Pull, like a falafel cart
34. Shlumps
35. Martinez who played for
Wilpon’s Mets
39. Grp. fighting antisemitism
40. Gary Bettman’s skating
org.
42. Yields, like Mephibosheth
to David
43. ___ Rica, home of the
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44. Bloomberg bean counter:
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45. Israel, from a Zionist view
47. Michael who directed
Midler in “The Rose”
51. Martial arts star who made
his Hoolywood debut in Donner’s “Lethal Weapon 4”
53. Matzo ball server
54. Locale of Jacob’s ladder?
56. Rush, e.g.
58. “Battle Cry” author Leon
59. Have a bit of the Manischewitz
60. Heavy metal that becomes
light in Hebrew?
61. Moonves of CBS
62. “Amen!”
69. Stern’s nautical counterpart
Down
1. Like the views of Sabbatai
Zevi
2. Step-mom of Ivanka, once
3. One deeply dissecting Rashi
or Maimonides?
4. Devorah, e.g.
5. Partakes (of the kiddush)
6. ___ the good (“Gam zu
letovah”)
7. Shadchan, perhaps?
8. Skin woe for Adam Levine,
once
9. “Under _ _ _” (Stephen
King show starring Rachelle
Lefevre)
10. Uprising locale
11. “___ Gotta Be Me” (Sammy Davis Jr. hit)
12. Tamid preceder
13. They surround Nisan?
19. Foolish challenges, in gan
21. Meat often used in cholent
25. “No way!”, to a teen
27. Job for Howard Stern or
Alex Ansky?
28. Brockovich and Daniels
29. Went on a second shidduch date
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43. ___ Rica, home of the
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SYNAGOGUE SERVICE SCHEDULE
Celebration Jewish Congregation (Reform)
Rabbi Dr. Richard M. Cowin with Wendi Harris
Cantorial soloists Dr. Norton and Jane Christeson
Celebration’s Heritage Hall
951 Spring Park St.
Celebration, Fla. 407-566-9792
www.jewishcelebration.org
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah, 6:30 p.m.
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah Service, 9 a.m.
Tues. Oct. 11 Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9 a.m.; Yizkor, 11 a.m.
Chabad House, Center for Jewish Life (Orthodox)
Rabbi Yossi Hecht
All services take place at
13030 CR 103
Oxford, Fla. 352-330-4466
www.ourchabad.org
Services are free of charge. Dinner is $35.
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah, 7 p.m., Dinner, 8 p.m.
(reservation)
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah, 10 a.m.; Torah reading, 11:15 a.m.;
Shofar, 12:15; Tashlich, 4 p.m. at the Pond alongside Walmart
on CR 466; Kiddush after services
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 10 a.m.; Torah reading, 12:30 p.m.;
Yizkor, 1 p.m.; Mincha, 5:30 p.m.; N’ila, 6:30 p.m. Fast ends,
7:37 p.m.
Chabad-Lubavitch of North Orlando (Orthodox)
Rabbi Yanky Majesky
All services held at Noah’s Even Venue, 720 Currency Circle,
Lake Mary, Fla. 406-636-5994
www.jewishnorthorlando.com
At Chabad, no one is turned away die to lack of funds. Reservations are appreciated.
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service and children’s program,
9:30 a.m.; Special 15-minute Shofar, 7 p.m.; Tashlich, 7:15 p.m.
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II service, 9:30 a.m.
Tues. Oct. 11 Kol Nidre and children’s program, 7 p.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur and children’s program, 9:30
a.m. Yizkor during service; Mincha, 5:15 p.m.; N’ila and
children’s program, 6:15 p.m. followed by Havdalah and
Break Fast.
Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (Orthodox)
Rabbi Sholom Dubov
Chabad Jewish Center
708 Lake Howell Road
Maitland, Fla. 407-644-2500
www.chabadorlando.org
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah, 7 p.m.; family dinner, 8 p.m.
(reservations)
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 10 a.m., lunch buffet,
noon; Tashlich, 2 p.m., Kids Shofar experience, 5 p.m.
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II, 10 a.m.
Tues. Oct. 11 Kol Nidre, 7 p.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9:30 a.m.; Yizkor, noon; N’ila, 6:15
p.m; Break Fast, 7:34 p.m.
Congregation B’nai Torah (Progressive Conservative)
Rabbi S. David Kane
403 N. Nova Rd.
Ormond Beach, Fla. 386-672-6834
www.mybnaitorah.com
No tickets required.
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 9 a.m.; Tashlich at Granada
& Beach St., 4:30 p.m.
Tues. Oct. 4, Rosh Hashanah II, 9 a.m.
Tues, Oct. 11 Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9 a.m.; Yizkor, 11 a.m., Afternoon
& N’ila, Break Fast, 5 p.m.
Congregation Bet Chaim (Reform)
Rabbi Sanfor Olshansky
Cantorial soloist, Jillian Marini
301 W. S.R. 434, Unit 319
Winter Springs, FL 407-830-7211
www.betchaim.org
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah, 8 p.m.
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 10 a.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 10 a.m.; afternoon service, 2:30
p.m.; Yizkor, 4 p.m.; Break Fast, 5 p.m. Reservations required.
Congregation Beth Am (Conservative)
Rabbi Rick Sherwin
3899 Sand Lake Rd.
Longwood, Fla. 407-862-3505
www.congbetham.org
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah service,
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 9 a.m.; Torah service, 10:30
a.m.; Shofar, 11:30 a.m.; Musaf, noon; Family service, 4 p.m.
(open to community) Tashilkh, 5 p.m. (Lake at Wekiva Cove)
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II service, 9 a.m.; Torah, 10:15
a.m.; Shofar, 11:15 a.m.; Musaf, noon
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9:30 a.m; Torah, 11 a.m.; Yizkor,
noon; Musaf, 1 p.m.; Study, 4 p.m.; Minha, 5 p.m.; Family N’ila,
6 p.m.; Shofar, 7:30 p.m.; Break Fast
Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservation)
Rabbi Winston Weilheimer
1308 E. Normandy Blvd, Deltona 32725
Deltona, Fla. 386-804-8283
www.mybethshalom.com
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah Services 7:30pm
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah Services 9:00am, followed by
Tashlich at the river
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II Services 9:00am
Tues. Oct. 11 Kol Nidre Services 6:30pm
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur Morning Service 9:00am,
Yizkor noon; N’ilah 6:30 p.m. followed by Break Fast
Congregation Beth Sholom of Leesburg (Reform/
Conservative)
Rabbi Karen Allen
311 North 13th St.
Leesburg Fla. 352-326-3692
Bethsholomflorida.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Children’s Rosh Hashanah services, 10 a.m.; Morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Tashlich follows
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II, 10 a.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Children’ service, 10 a.m.; Yom Kippur,10:30 a.m.;
Yizkor, noon; Afternoon service and N’ila, 5:15 p.m.; Break
Fast, 7 p.m. (additional charge)
Congregation of Reform Judaism (Reform)
Rabbi Steven W. Engel
Cantor Jacqueline Rawiszer
928 Malone Dr.
Orlando, Fla. 407-645-0444
www.crjorlando.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 9:30 a.m.; Youth service,
9:30 a.m.; Family service, 2 p.m.; Tashlich (at The Springs), 5 p.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9:30 a.m.; Youth service, 9:30 a.m.;
Meditation service, 12:15 p.m.; Family service, 1:30 p.m.; High
Holy Day discussion, 1:30 p.m.;Yizkor, 3:30 p.m.; Healing service, 4:30 p.m.; N’ila, 5:30 p.m.; Break Fast, 6:30 p.m. (RSVP)
Congregation Ohev Shalom (Conservative)
Senior Rabbi Aaron Rubinger
Assistant Rabbi David Kay
Cantor Allan Robuck
613 Concourse Pkwy. S.,
Maitland, Fla. 407-298-4650
www.ohevshalom.org
Sun. Oct. 2, Erev Rosh Hashanah service, 8 p.m.
Mon. Oct. 3, Rosh Hashanah service, 9 a.m.
Tues. Oct. 4, Rosh Hashanah service, 9 a.m.
Wed., Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9 a.m.; Yizkor, 1:15 p.m.; Minha,
5:30 p.m.; N’ila, 6:45 p.m.; Shofar, 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Ohr Chayim (Reconstructionist/Reform)
Rabbi Arthur H Grae, JD, LLM
Cantorial Soloist Elaine Grae
Providence Independence Living
7676 Rio Grande Blvd, Wildwood (corner Rte 466A and Powell
Road, next to Brownwood section of The Villages) 352-3268745 to RSVP
[email protected]
Sun. Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah, 7:30 p.m. (3rd floor Fitness
Room)
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 11 a.m. (2nd floor Theater
Room); lunch follows (requires reservations)
Tues. Oct. 11 Kol Nidre, 7 p.m. (3rd floor Fitness Room)
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 11 a.m. (2nd floor Theater Room);
Yizkor, 12:15 p.m.; Yom Kippur Final service, 5 p.m. (2nd
floor Theater Room); followed by a Break Fast, (small charge,
reservations required)
Congregation Sinai of Minneola (Conservative/Reform)
Spiritual leader Joseph Goldovitz and Lynn Goldovitz
303 N. State Road 27
Minneola, Fla., 352-243-5353
www.congregaton-sinai.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 10 a.m.; Lunch and Learn,
1 p.m.; Taschlich, 3 p.m. (Clermont Pier)
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II service, 11 a.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 10 a.m.; Yizkor, noon; Closing servie, 5 p.m.; Break Fast following Yom Kippur closing service
Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation (Conservative)
Rabbi Hillel Skolnik
Cantor Doug Ramsay
11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd.
Orlando Fla. 407-239-5444
www.sojc.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 9 a.m.: evening service
6:45 p.m.
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II service, 9 a.m.; Tashlich, 12:15
p.m. at Dr. Phillips Park
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur service, 9 a.m.; Afternoon services,
4:45 p.m.; Break Fast, 8 p.m.
Temple Israel (Conservative)
Rabbi Joshua Neely
Cantorial soloist Debbie Meitin
50 S. Moss Rd.
Winter Springs, Fla. 407-647-3055
www.tiflorida.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 9 a.m.
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II service, 9 a.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9 a.m.; Mincha, 4:30 p.m. (open to
the community, no tickets required); Community memorial
service, 6 p.m.; N’ila, 6:30 p.m.; Ma’ariv, 7:25 p.m., Shofar, 7:40
p.m. Break Fast provided by Temple Israel Sisterhood, open
to the community.
Temple Shir Shalom (Reform)
Rabbi Kim Singer
All services held at the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo.
263 King St.
Oviedo, Fla. 406-366-3556
www.templeshirshalom.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 10 a.m.; Tashlich, 4:30
p.m. (Bear Creek Walking Trail)
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 10 a.m.; Family service, 3 p.m.;
Yizkor, 4:30 p.m.; N’ila, 5:30 p.m.; Break Fast, 6:30 p.m.
Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (Traditional)
Rabbi Hayyim Solomon
848 North Donnelly
Mount Dora, Fla. 352-735-4774
www.tcomd.org
Mon. Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah service, 9:30 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.
Tues. Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah II service, 9:30 a.m.
Wed. Oct. 12 Yom Kippur, 9 a.m.; Afternoon services, 1:45
p.m.; N’ila, 6:30 p.m.
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Rosh Hashanah greetings
from the two leaders
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‫ק‬
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Recent grant-making activity
by Orlando-based funds
National Yiddish Book Center
Abe O. Wise & Tess Wise Philanthropic Fund
KBY Congregations Together
Alex & Sheryl Sacharoff Philanthropic Fund
A Gift for Teaching
Allen & Sandra Saft Donor-Advised
Philanthropic Fund
Robby Etzkin, Acting
Executive Director
The Boggy Creek Gang
The Roth Family JCC is
growing and changing
In a year of transition and
growth, more and more people
are realizing that The Roth
Family Jewish Community
Center is the ideal place for
them to live up® to their aspirations. Our J University after
school program has its highest
enrollment in five years. Camp
J also grew for the fourth
summer in a row. In addition,
our award-winning Richard S.
Adler Early Childhood Learning Center graduated FOUR
pre-kindergarten classes full
of happy, smiling faces. We also saw improvements
in our sports and fitness programs, including major renovations to our gymnasium
in memory of our longtime
friend Charles Schwartz,
our first tennis tournament
honoring JCC member in
perpetuity and past president Jodi Krinker, and new
flat-screen televisions in our
fitness center thanks to the
Homburger Jacobs family. We
Baumgarten Family Philanthropic Fund
Coalition for the Homeless
of Central Florida
Betty Monroe Philanthropic Fund
National Multiple Sclerosis
Society Mid-Florida
Brad Jacobs & Dr. Eve Homburger
Philanthropic Fund
Holocaust Memorial Resource
and Education Center
Dick & Dottie Appelbaum Family
Philanthropic Fund
Mad Cow Theater
Dworkin Family Philanthropic Fund
Agudas Achim Congregation
Edward & Phyllis Zissman Family
Philanthropic Fund
Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando
Gebaide Family Philanthropic Fund
Jewish Academy of Orlando
Goldberg Family Philanthropic Fund
Temple Israel
Larry & Hap Leckart Temple Israel
Endowment Fund
also expanded new technology
in the preschool, thanks to
the continued support of the
Adler family, so that every
classroom has an iPad and a
new app that allows teachers
to communicate more seamlessly with parents. If you
haven’t been by lately, I invite
you to reach out to us for a
personal tour to see how we
can be a part of your journey
towards a healthier you. It’s been a journey for me
this year as well, serving for
seven months as the J’s interim executive director. As
a former participant in our
early childhood, camp, and
after school programs, it’s
been an honor and a privilege.
I look forward to working
with Keith Dvorchik, our
new CEO, to continue growing and expanding the JCC’s
engagement of the Jewish
community.
Here’s to a happy and
healthy new year!
—Robby Etzkin, Acting
Executive Director
[email protected]
In this new year, what
do you want our JCC to
offer?
As we start the new year
with Rosh Hashanah, I am
excited to start a new chapter in my career as the CEO
of The Roth Family JCC of
Orlando. My 20-year career
in the Jewish community has
been all about community
and I can think of no better
place to work than The Roth
Family JCC.
From our vibrant early
childhood program to our
amazing summer camp offerings, the J is a place for fun
and learning for children of all
ages. It’s a place for families
Keith Dvorchik, Incoming
Chief Executive Officer
of all ages.
I’m excited about the things
we can offer to the community. From learning to
social interactions, athletics
to cultural arts, the future
is bright with opportunities
and options. I hope that you
will share with me the things
you love about the JCC and
the things you wish the JCC
was able to offer. I want to
hear from you about what
you want your JCC to be and
work together to find ways
to make our dreams become
reality. Together, our dreams
can become reality.
This Rosh Hashanah marks
a new year for the Jewish
people, a new year for the
JCC, and a new year for the
Dvorchik family. It’s going to
be an exciting year, and I invite
you to share your dreams so
that together we can make The
Roth Family JCC a model for
the rest of the country.
—Keith Dvorchik, Incoming Chief Executive Officer
[email protected]
OBITUARIES
Central Florida Hillel
London Family Charitable Fund
Jewish Family Services
of Greater Orlando
O.Z. Wise Family Trust Endowment
for the benefit of Jewish Family Services
of Greater Orlando
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related
Disorders Association
Zelig O. & Bobbi Wise Philanthropic Fund
For Philanthropists
For Non-Profits
Endowments.
Donor-Advised Funds.
Endowments.
Managed Funds.
For Professional Advisors
For Peace of Mind
Support services for
your clients’ charitable goals.
Anti-Terror Portfolio
managed by Goldman Sachs.
BARRY NATHAN
BRUMER
Barry N. Brumer, age 68, of
Winter Park, passed away at
Florida Hospital New Smyrna
Beach, on Monday, Sept. 12,
2016. He was born in Brooklyn,
New York, on April 30, 1948, to
the late Charles N. and Beatrice
Goldstein Brumer.
Barry served in the U.S.
Navy and received his law degree from Rutgers University
in New Jersey. He practiced law
for over 30 years in Florida.
On Oct. 21, 1984, in Ft. Lauderdale, he married the former
Jo Ellen Williams, his wife of
nearly 32 years, who survives
him. They relocated to the
Orlando area from DeBary
in 2010.
In addition to his wife, Barry
is survived by his daughter,
Nora Brumer, of Orlando; and
his mother-in-law, Joy Pavone.
Arrangements entrusted
to Beth Shalom Memorial
Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando
32810.
ILYSE MARGO KUSNETZ
Ilyse M. Kusnetz, PhD, age
50, of Orlando, passed away at
her home on Tuesday, Sept. 13,
2016, with her family by her
side. A multi-faceted woman,
she was born in Baldwin, New
York ,on July 13, 1966, to
Norman Kusnetz and the late
Alberta Zwirn Kusnetz.
Ilyse earned her bachelor’s
degree from the University of
New Mexico and her master’s
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degree in creative writing
from Syracuse University.
She went on to receive her
doctorate from the University
of Edinburgh in feminist and
postcolonial British literature.
A published poet, she received
the T.S. Eliot Poet Award
in 2014 for her book “Small
Hours.” Her second book,
“Angel Bones,” is due to be
published shortly. Her work
has appeared in Crab Orchard
Review, the Cincinnati Review, Stone Canoe and other
journals.
Ilyse relocated to the Orlando area in 2001 from Albuquerque to be closer to her
mother. She was an English
professor at Valencia College.
On Sept. 25, 2010, in Orlando, Ilyse and her husband,
Brian Turner, also a poet and
memoirist, celebrated their
first wedding. That ceremony
was followed by another ceremony in Nevada with family
and friends in attendance.
In addition to her husband
and father, Ilyse is survived
by her brothers, Arthur of
California and Ira of Oklahoma; and her sister, Susan
of Albuquerque.
A breathtakingly beautiful
person, she will be missed
greatly by those fortunate
enough to have been touched
by her.
Arrangements entrusted to
Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel,
640 Lee Road, Orlando 32810.
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Scene Around
By Gloria Yousha—Call 407-657-9405 or [email protected]
A family tribute...
I am writing this column on
9/11. When the World Trade
Center’s Twin Towers were hit
by terrorists, three of the New
York City firemen who died
were Jewish. One of them was
cousin Alan Feinberg. Alan
was Battalion Chief of the 9th
Battalion, Engine 54, Ladder
4 NYC. He was 48 years old,
the husband of Wendy and the
father of then 18-year-old Tara
and 15-year-old Michael. Alan
was rescuing victims in Tower
1 when it came crashing down.
He was a wonderful husband
and father with many loving
family members who will
Alan Feinberg
always miss him.
Finally, a Shabbat service...
I read this in World Jewish Congress Digest (WJC), and
pass it along to you: The nearly 900-year-old Kadavumbagam
synagogue in the remote coastal Indian city of Cochin recently
held its first Sabbath service since 1972.
Congregants came from four continents for what could be
the last such observance in a region whose once-thriving Jewish communities have mostly migrated to Israel. Only about
30 Jews remain.
Jewish life along India’s Malabar Coast dates back to the
ancient spice trade that drew explorers from across the sea.
However, Malabari Jews began leaving for the Holy Land in
the 1950s, seeking better economic prospects and religious
fulfillment. Some synagogues and Jewish cemeteries were
handed over to the municipal authorities, often falling into
neglect, or became the victims of redevelopment.
A reminder...
On Sunday, Sept. 25, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. there will be a
jazz jam at the Altamonte Chapel, 825 E. SR 436, Altamonte
Springs.
Drummer GREG PARNELL will perform and will be joined by
JEFF BUSH on trombone and BOB THORTON on piano. ALAN
ROCK is emcee. For further information, phone 407-339-5208.
Another reminder...
“All Hands on Deck,” based on Bob Hope’s 1942 USO tour
to the troops, will be performed at the Winter Park Playhouse,
711 Orange Ave, Suite C, Winter Park, through Oct. 9th.
For ticket information, phone 407-645-0145.
Speaking of shows...
Theater at the J will present “Bye Bye Birdie” from Sept.
29—Oct. 9 at the Harriett & Hymen Lake Cultural Auditorium,
Roth Family JCC, 851 N. Maitland Ave, Maitland. (See the
article on page 1 of this issue to learn more about the play!)
A Jewish Pavilion mensch...
I received the following email from the Jewish Pavilion and
pass it along: MARION BROMBERG has been visiting seniors
weekly when in town at Health Center of Windermere since
2000. Marion has forged wonderful relationships with many
of our elders. “She is the ideal volunteer, dependable, compassionate and giving”, says NANCY LUDIN, executive drector.
Resident Alvin (l) with Marion Bromberg at Health Center
of Windermere.
Ludin adds “Finding a diligent program director on the south
side of town has been challenging because the 26 senior communities served are far apart and the number of volunteers
and Jewish residents is small.” Therefore, Marion has had to
work with 5 different Jewish Pavilion program directors over
the years, and she has worked exceptionally well with all of
them. Marion has even helped orient new program directors
when they come to Health Center of Windermere.
When Marion and ED BROMBERG moved to this community,
they became active and philanthropic from day one. They are
generous supporters of every Jewish agency in town. You will
never attend a gala without seeing their smiling faces.
Shout out...
I love BARBARA A. DIANA, certified ophthalmic technician
at the office of wonderful eye surgeon Dr. ANDREW AZIZ.
Why do I love her? That’s easy! She has integrity and principles and is determined to always do the right thing for her
patients no matter what.
One for the road...
A Martian lands on 2nd Ave on the Lower East Side of New
York. He goes into a Jewish bakery and asks, “What are those
little wheels in the window?”
“Those aren’t’ wheels,” says the storekeeper. “They’re called
bagels. Here, try one.”
The Martian bites into the bagel and says “Hey! This would
go great with some lox and cream cheese!”
Last year, when the calendar was switching from 5775 to
5776, we wrote that the times, they are a changin, and if last
year was about changing, this year is about changed. More
specifically, being changed,
as an organization
as a community
and as the home for Jewish life on campus.
And we waited...
And we realized that home, much like Judaism, isn’t a place.
Home is a feeling.
So we changed.
We focused on being there for our student’s social, emotional
and spiritual needs. We placed less of an emphasis on being
cool, and more of an emphasis on being real. We recognized
that our students were looking for authenticity and would not
tolerate anything less than everything meaningful and beautiful in Judaism—why should our students accept anything less
than everything meaningful and beautiful. ORANGE COUNTY
JCC, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland • JCC South, 11184 South
Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando • Kinneret, 515 South Delaney
Ave., Orlando • SOJC, 11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando
• Brown’s New York Deli, 156 Lake Ave., Maitland • Most Publix
Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets
SEMINOLE COUNTY
Heritage News, 207 O’Brien Rd., Fern Park • Barnes and Noble
Booksellers, 451 E. Altamonte Dr. Suite 2317, Altamonte Springs
& 1260 Oviedo Marketplace Blvd., Oviedo • Bagel King, 1472
Semoran Blvd., Casselberry • Kosher Kats, 744 W. S.R. 434,
Longwood • Central Florida Hillel, 4250 Alafaya Trail, Ste.
212-363, Oviedo Most Publix Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie
Supermarkets
Charge on into meaningful
and beautiful Judaism!
Three years ago, we walked into a crisp, state-of-the-art
building with the intent of creating a home. Mezuzzot were
hung, furniture was purchased, and refrigerators were stocked
with food and drinks. Our staff was excited and our students
were... not coming. So we waited.
can be purchased at the following locations:
We are the Jewish home for more than 6,000 college students, and we are the guarantee of the Jewish future. The home
we create, and the home that is filled with our students, the
Jewish community on campus, deserves to be Jewish and it
deserves to be real.
And so do the rest of us.
Our custom, as Jews, is to wish everyone a sweet new year
for Rosh Hashanah and a meaningful fast for Yom Kippur. Our
wish to the community this year, is a year filled with authentic
Jewish experiences, a fast filled with the meaning of 6,000 years
of tradition, and, of course, a hearty Charge On!
Aaron Weil, Executive Director & CEO
Russell Goldberg, Chairman of the Board
VOLUSIA COUNTY
Federation of Volusia/Flagler, 470 Andalusia Ave., Ormond
Beach • Most Publix Supermarkets • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets • Barnes & Noble, 1900 W. International Speedway
Blvd., Daytona Beach • Perrys Ocean Edge Resort, 2209 South
Atlantic Ave. Daytona Beach • Debary City Hall • Debary
Library • Vienna Coffee House, 275 Charles Richard Beall
Bl • Starbucks, 2575 Enterprise Rd • Orange City City Hall
• Orange City Library • Dunkin Donuts, 1296 S Woodland
• Stetson University Carlton Union • Deland Chamber of
Commerce • Deland City Hall • Sterling House, 1210 Stone
St • Temple Israel, 1001 E New York Ave • Beth Shalom, 1310
Maximillan St • Deltona City Hall • Deltona Library • Temple
Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr. • Temple Israel, 1001 E New York
Ave, Deland • College Arms Apt, 101 Amelia Ave, Deland •
Boston Gourmet Coffee House, 109 E. New York Ave, Deland
• Stetson University Carlton Union, 421 N Woodland Ave,
Deland • Family Bookstore, 1301 N Woodland Ave, Deland •
Deland Chamber of Commerce, 336 Woodland Ave, Deland •
Deland City Hall, 120 S Florida Ave, Deland • Beth Shalom,
206 S. Sprng Garden Ave, Deland • Orange City Library, 148
Albertus Way, Orange City • Boston Gourmet Coffee House,
1105 Saxon Blvd, Deltona • Deltona Library, 2150 Eustace Ave,
Deltona • Temple Shalom, 1785 Elkam Dr., Deltona • Deltona
Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Dr, Deltona • Debary City
Hall, 16 Colomba Rd, Debary • Debary Library, 200 Florence
K. Little, Debary
OSCEOLA COUNTY
Cindy M. Rothfield, P.A., 822 W. Bryan St., Kissimmee • Most
Publix Supermarkets • Verandah Place Realty, 504 Celebration
Ave., Celebration • All Winn Dixie Supermarkets • St. Cloud
City Hall, 1300 9th St, St. Cloud • St. Cloud Library, 810 13th
St, St. Cloud • Southern Oaks, 3865 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St.
Cloud • Plantation Bay, 4641 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud
• Osceola Chamber of Commerce, 1425 Hwy 192, St. Cloud •
Valencia College, 1800 Denn John Ln, Kissimmee • Kissimmee
City Hall, 101 Church St, Kissimmee • Kissimmee Library, 211
E. Dakin, Kissimmee • Robinson’s Coffee Shop, 114 Broadway,
Kissimmee • Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Sq,
Kissimmee • Barnies, 3236 John Young Pwy, Kissimmee •
Reily’s Gourmet Coffee, 3831 Vine St, Kissimmee • Shalom
Aleichem, 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd, Kissimmee • Books-A-Million,
2605 W. Osceola Pwy (522), Kissimmee • Lower East Side Deli,
8548 Palm Parkway, Lake Buena
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High Holiday greetings from the Jewish Pavilion
Transitioning to an independent, assisted or skilled
nursing facility can be challenging for many seniors, as it
is never easy to lose a lifetime
of independence. However,
Jewish seniors face a host of
additional challenges. Like
their neighbors, they lose
their independence, their
homes, and access to friends,
but they also lose ties to
their cultural heritage, their
community, and their faith,
just when they need them
the most.
Imagine a lifetime of Jewish living heritage erased
in a “home” where no one
understands your culture.
Like many American institutions, the bulk of senior
facilities follow a “Christmas
and Easter” calendar. While
caregivers may receive training on the physical needs of
their residents, few have been
schooled in meeting the cul-
Nancy Ludin,
Executive Director
tural and emotional needs of
a diverse and growing senior
population.
This is where the Jewish
Pavilion steps in as a “mobile
community center on wheels.”
We have been bringing com-
munity, culture and companionship to the doorsteps
of senior living communities
since 2001, serving as a resource that provides room
visits, festive holiday celebrations, intergenerational and
memorial programs to 400
Jewish residents in more
than 70 facilities for seniors
in long-term care. We also
offer cultural diversity awareness education to their staff
through training programs,
which highlight the need
to accommodate the elderly
from many backgrounds.
The Jewish Pavilion promotes
inclusion as loneliness knows
no cultural borders, and thousands of seniors of all faiths
attend and are welcomed into
our programs each year.
Our Senior Help Desk has
been an additional resource
since 2012. The “Help Desk’s”
Senior Resource Specialist
has helped hundreds of callers
navigate their way through
the daunting senior maze,
alleviating caregiver stress
while giving advice on all
types of elder issues.
On Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2
p.m., the Jewish Pavilion is
hosting its annual fall festival, “Sunday in the Park,” at
Crane’s Roost in Altamonte
Springs. The event will feature The British Invasion; a
Beatles tribute band. You
and your family will have
the opportunity to socialize,
enjoy free food, visit over 100
vendors and receive prizes
galore. Please make every
effort to support the Pavilion
by attending. Please visit our
website to register at www.
jewishpavilion.org
The Jewish Pavilion wishes
everyone a happy and healthy
New Year!
Paul Stenzler, President
Nancy Ludin, Executive
Director
Paul Stenzler, President, with his mother, Roz.
It was a great year for the Rosen JCC!
Jeff Imber,
President
Eric Lightman, Interim
Executive Director
5776 was a year of positive
change for the Rosen JCC in
Southwest Orlando. In our
first full year as an independent agency, we experienced
tremendous growth in our
programs and services, as well
as our physical facility. Here
are a few of the exciting things
that happened at the Rosen
JCC this past year:
• With the generous support of the Rosen Foundation,
we completed the campus’
second growth phase: construction of our facility expan-
sion. The expansion included a
500-seat Rosen Event Center,
seven additional classrooms
for early childhood and youth
programs, as well as new
spaces for fitness activities.
• The Early Childhood
Learning Center saw a significant increase in registration
to accompany the additional
spaces in our new classrooms.
As a result, we started this
school year with more students than in the past. We
also achieved record enrollment in the Camp J summer
camp program, J University
after-school program, and
memberships for our fitness
center.
• We launched a series of
new afternoon programs for
senior adults, adding activities available every day of the
week. Our first Film Festival
was held in September, which
will become an annual event.
• We held the first ever Israel Independence Day Celebra-
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tion in Southwest Orlando--a
collaborative effort with JFGO
and SOJC. The event attracted
over 300 people.
• Our Board of Directors
welcomed nine new members,
expanding to reflect our growing and diverse community.
The past year also saw the
departure of two longtime
Rosen JCC staff members:
Bonnie Rayman, our branch
director and first executive
director, took a position in
South Florida to be closer to
her family. Brenda Sher, our
longtime early childhood
director who oversaw the
JCC’s first satellite programs
in Southwest Orlando, retired
after a distinguished career of
over 25 years with the JCC. We
wish both well in their new
endeavors and are grateful
for the indelible impact they
have had on our community.
While we take time during
the holidays to reflect on the
past year we also begin to look
forward to the coming one.
Rosh Hashanah is a time for
both individual and organizational renewal. Our growth
over the past seven years—
from trailers parked behind
the neighboring synagogue,
to a flourishing and growing
independent agency—is a
reflection of our community
and its dedication to our mission and values.
We thank you for your
support of the Rosen JCC as
we celebrate 5776 and look
forward to 5777. We wish you
and your family health, happiness and a sweet New Year.
L’shana tova u’metukah,
Jeff Imber, President
Eric Lightman, Interim
Executive Director
Five wishes for you in
the coming new year
Shalom, Friends,
On behalf of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando,
we express our best wishes
to you and your family for a
sweet New Year 5777. According to Jewish tradition, Rosh
Hashanah is the birthday of
the world, where our calendar
begins. On this day, we are
expected to conceive a plan,
engage in a vision of the future
and renew our commitment
to shaping Jewish life.
And as we do on any birthday, we make wishes for the
coming year. These are our
wishes for the Greater Orlando
Jewish community:
Our first wish is that we,
as a community, build on the
collaborative spirit that has
flourished over the past few
years. Federation will continue to play a leading role in
this effort, bringing together
local Jewish agencies, synagogues and organizations to
work toward a shared vision
and common goals. Through
Federation’s collaborative
community grants and targeted programming, we aspire
to nurture a spirit of cooperation that serves to enrich life
for all Jews in Central Florida.
Our second wish is for
members of our Jewish community to act on the values
we embrace by volunteering,
either for Federation or for one
of Greater Orlando’s Jewish
agencies. Because time is so
precious, contributing a day,
an afternoon or even an hour
Rhonda Forest,
President
Olga Yorish,
Executive Director
to causes we care about can
be one of the most generous
commitments of all.
Third, we wish for a deeper
connection with Israel and
our extended Jewish family
around the world. Your support of the Jewish Federation
brings Jewish experiences to
people of all ages. You make
it possible to take care of
poor, elderly Jews in Russia
and provide opportunity to
at-risk children in Israel. One
of our most cherished wishes
is that whenever a Jew is in
need, anywhere in the world,
they can count on Federation
to help.
Next, we wish that members
of our community continue to
join us in uniquely Jewish
experiences throughout the
year. Federation’s initiatives
such as Our Jewish Orlando
and Shalom Families give
our young people these opportunities. Federation will
continue to wholeheartedly
support programs and institutions in Orlando that build
Jewish identity and celebrate
Jewish life.
Our last and most ardent
wish is for a true and lasting
peace for Israel and the whole
world. We enter this New
Year fueled by confidence and
strength, both of which would
not be possible without our
friends in Greater Orlando.
We thank you for helping us
nurture and sustain the Jewish future.
L’Shana Tova UMetukah,
Rhonda Forest, President
Olga Yorish, Executive
Director
Lifecycles 5776
B’nai Mitzvah
Anna Rose Finer
Daniel Franzel
Jason Franzel
Jordan David Gebaide
Julia Elizabeth Geismar
Jacob Lewis
Jessica Rochelle Nolte
Matthew Robert Poteshman
Marshall Harrison Rebar
Jenna Marie Richman
Lindsey Hope Shapiro
Hadyn Emma Shear
Harrison Slone
David Elan Soll
Vic Adam Tauber
Engagements
Dana Hope Davidson and Ryan Blake Sokoloff
Stephenie Layne Pollock and Daniel Charles Poris
Robin Eleanor Aransky and Sean David Finnegan
Rachel Diana Goldberg and Samuel Marvin Warfield
Jessica “Jess” Lander and Nick Reinell
Wedding
Jamie Morton and Jordan Shroyer
Obituaries
Rabbi Rudolph “Rudy” Adler
Muriel Alexander
Dr. Gerald H. Amsterdam
Roslyn Baehr
Ramola “Bo” Bander
Joseph P. Barack
Dorothy “Dot” Becker
Bernie Behrman
Stuart Paul Bernstein
Tziona Ben-Aharon
Gerald Birman
Marjorie “Margie” Blau
Elaine Bloom
Usher Lawrence “Larry” Brown
Barry N. Brumer
Allan Burnstine
Sharon Cohen Butler
Leon Chaskes
Thomas Edward Cooper
Raymond David
Barbara H. Elkes
Esther Fallas
Louis Finkelstein
Cleide Waissmann-Fischer
Edward Frack
Ruth Frack
Sylvia Fried
Hilda Etta Friedberg
Max Fruchter
Betty Evelyn Gabay
Barbra L. Gair
Marvin Gassman
Igor Geller
Anne Gobey
Anna Goldberg
Joyce S. Goldstein
Marcia R. Goodman
Stanley Gordon
Dr. Ethan F. Greene
Alex Greenspoon
Lawrence Hefler
Marjorie Schiffman Henley
Angela Josephine Jacobson
Agie Janovitz
Anne Kalmaer
Bertha Kane
Sheila Kaprow
Anthony Scott Kaskey
Dorothy R. Kirschenbaum
Bernice Klein
Mindy S. Knott
Florence Kuppe
Ilyse M. Kusnetz, PhD
Irene Lamnin
Mary Ruth Lavin
Llyod Lavin
Lee J. Lehner
Dr. Leonard (Len) Levine
Kenneth J. Levinson
Mariam Lewis
Michael Stephen Lieberman
Ronald Livingstone
Anita Lowitz
Yaffa Magier
Joseph Marmo
Rachel Meller
Sylvia Miller
Pat Mandell
Richard E. Miskin
Freda Mittleman
Ayla Miriam Moskowitz
Morton “Morty” Nagan
Leone B. Needleman
Zelda Mirsky Newman
Jordan Nowak
Loretta Pomerantz
Jeanette Rand
Fredricka Robbins
Cvia Rodin
Marcia Siegel Roen
Freda Elizabeth “Mimi” Rosen
Thelma Rosen
Adele Rosenbaum
Janet Rosenblatt
Mildred Rosing
Herbert Rubin
Sharon J. Saltman
Steven H. Salzman
Lena Sami
Cynthia Sandhaus
Marcell Scarlett
Martin David Schwam
Suzan Lynda Shader
William B. Sharff
Betty Sherman
Arthur C. Siegel
Barbara S. Siegel
Bernard Siegel
Leonard Silbert
Inez “Teddy” Snyder
Joan M. Somers
Sylvia N. Spitzer
James Cornel “Jay” Stanek, Jr.
Irving Teitelbaum, PhD.,
Bella K. Tresser
Eleanor “Ellie” Tross
Glenn T. Vandewater
Bennet L. Wasserman
Daniel Weinberger
Goldie Weinstein
Richard C. Wolff
Leonard Wolfson
Edith “Evie” Yaravitz
Joseph Zollman
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Central Florida Synagogues
Orlando Weekday Morning Minyan (Conservative/Egalitarian), services MondayFriday 7:45 a.m. (9 a.m.—national holidays); 2nd floor Chapel—Jewish Academy of Orlando;
851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland. For information call 407-298-4650.
Celebration Jewish Congregation (R), services and holiday schedules shown at www.
JewishCelebration.org; 407-566-9792.
Chabad Lubavitch of North Orlando (O), 39 Skyline Drive, Suite 1017, Lake Mary,
407-878-3011, www.jewishorlando.com; services: second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m.;
every Saturday at 10 a.m.
Chabad of South Orlando (O), 7347 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-354-3660; www.
jewishorlando.com; Shabbat services: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset;
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m.
Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts (O), 1190 Highway A1A, Satellite Beach,
321-777-2770.
Congregation Ahavas Yisrael/Chabad (O), 708 Lake Howell Rd., Maitland, 407-6442500; www.chabadorlando.org; services: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Shabbat
services: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Family service, 4th Friday of the month.
Congregation Bet Chaim (R), 301 West State Road 434, Unit 319, Winter Springs,
407-830-7211; www.betchaim.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.
Congregation Beth Am (C), 3899 Sand Lake Road, Longwood, 407-862-3505; www.
congbetham.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Congregation Beth El (C), 2185 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne, 321-779-0740;
Shabbat services, 1st & 3rd Friday, 8 p.m.; 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.
Congregation Beth Emeth (R), 2205 Blue Sapphire Circle, Orlando, 407-855-0772;
Shabbat service: monthly, 8 p.m.
Congregation Beth Israel (Rec), Collins Resource Center, Suite 303, 9401 S.R. 200,
Ocala, 352-237-8277; bethisraelocala.org; Shabbat service, second Friday of the month, 8 p.m.
Congregation Beth Sholom (R-C), 315 North 13th St., Leesburg, 352-326-3692; www.
bethsholomflorida.org; schedule of services on website.
Congregation Beth Shalom (Progressive Conservative), Orange City congregation
holds services at 1308 E. Normandy Blvd., Deltona; 386-804-8283; www.mybethshalom.
com; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.
Congregation B’nai Torah (C), 403 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 32174, 386-672-1174;
www.mybnaitorah.com; Shabbat services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.
Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona (O), 1079 W. Granada Blvd.,
Ormond Beach, 386-672-9300; Shabbat services Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.
Congregation of Reform Judaism (R), 928 Malone Dr., Orlando, 407-645-0444;
www.crjorlando.org: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fridays; 6 p.m., 4th and 5th
Fridays; Saturday: 10 a.m.
Congregation Mateh Chaim (R), P.O. Box 060847, Palm Bay, 32906, 321-768-6722.
Congregation Ohev Shalom (C), 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland, 407-2984650; www.ohevshalom.org; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Congregation Or Chayim (Rec), Leesburg, 352-326-8745; [email protected]; services
2nd and 4th Fridays of each month at Providence Independence of Wildwood.
Congregation Shalom Aleichem (R), 3501 Oak Pointe Blvd., Kissimmee, 407-9350064; www.shalomaleichem.com; Shabbat service, 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month, 8 p.m.
Congregation Shomer Ysrael (C), 5382 Hoffner Ave., Orlando, 407-227-1258, call for
services and holiday schedules.
Congregation Sinai (C/R), 303A N. S.R. 27, Minneola; 352-243-5353; congregationsinai.org; services: every Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Shabbat Service evert Saturday, 10 a.m.
Orlando Torah Center (O), 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando; 347-456-6485; ShacharisShabbos 9 a.m.; Mon.—Thurs. 6:45 a.m.; Sun. and Legal Holidays 8 a.m.; Mincha/Maariv
Please call for times.
Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation/Ohalei Rivka (C), 11200 S. ApopkaVineland Rd., Orlando, 407-239-5444; Shabbat service, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Temple Beth El (R), 579 N. Nova Rd., Ormond Beach, 386-677-2484.
Temple Beth Shalom (R), P.O. Box 031233, Winter Haven, 813-324-2882.
Temple Beth Shalom (C), 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast, 386-445-3006; Shabbat
service, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.
Temple Beth Sholom (C), 5995 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne, 321-254-6333; www.
mytbs.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Minyan, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.;
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.
Temple Beth Shalom (R), 1109 N.E. 8th Ave., Ocala, 352-629-3587; Shabbat services:
Friday, 8 p.m.; Torah study: Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Temple B’nai Darom (R), 49 Banyan Course, Ocala, 352-624-0380; Friday Services 8 p.m.
Temple Israel (C), 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs, 407-647-3055; www.tiflorida.org;
Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Temple Israel (R), 7350 Lake Andrew Drive, Melbourne, 321-631-9494.
Temple Israel (C), 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach, 386-252-3097; Shabbat service,
Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10:30 a.m.
Temple Israel of DeLand (R), 1001 E. New York Ave., DeLand, 386-736-1646; www.
templeisraelofdeland.org; Friday Shabbat service, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. followed by
Torah study.
Temple L’Chayim (R/C), Clermont City Center, 620 W. Montrose St., Clermont, 352242-6135; [email protected]. Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fridays, 7:30 p.m.
Temple Shalom (formerly New Jewish Congregation) (R), 13563 Country Road
101, Oxford, 352-748-1800; www.newjewishcongregation.org; Shabbat services: Friday, 7:30
p.m.; last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m.
Temple Shalom of Deltona (R/C), 1785 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona, 386-789-2202; www.
shalomdeltona.com; Shabbat service; Saturday: 10 a.m.
Temple Shir Shalom (R) Services held at Temple Israel, 50 S. Moss Rd., Winter Springs,
407-366-3556, www.templeshirshalom.org; Shabbat services: three Fridays each month,
7:30 p.m.
Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora (T) Mount Dora, 352-735-4774; www.
tcomd.org; Shabbat services: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. sharp.
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From the Central Florida Hillel family we
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shared a memory that stood
out from all the rest. By far the
most meaningful experience I
had was visiting the Treblinka
memorial.
Treblinka was the site of
the Nazis’ second-largest
extermination camp after
Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is
estimated that from July
1942 through November
1943 between 870,000 and
925,000 Jews were killed
there—on average 2,000 men,
women and children were
gassed each day and their
bodies burnt on huge, openair cremation pyres. Treblinka
was not a work camp. It was
built as a death camp. Jews
were deported there from the
Warsaw Ghetto as well as from
other areas of Central Poland,
primarily Warsaw, Radom
and Krakow. Following an
uprising by the prisoners in
August 1943, the extermination camp was demolished and
abandoned.
The Treblinka Museum of
Struggle and Martyrdom,
dedicated in 1964, was built
in the shadow of the gas
chambers, the original buildings having long ago been
plowed and planted over. The
only thing left were the ashes
and memories. The outdoor
museum is a symbolic Jewish cemetery made of 17,000
boulders of varying shapes
and sizes—some say they
represent the lost Jewish
communities of the Holocaust. One hundred-forty of
the boulders were engraved
with the name of a town or
village from which the Jews
were deported.
As I silently walked amongst
the stones that stretched as far
as the eye could see, the first
engraved stone I came to
was one that read Ostrowiec.
Suddenly I understood on
an emotional level what my
mother had tried all those
years to convey. My mother
was born in Ostrowiec, a
town in which 8,000 Jews
lived, worked and raised their
families. In October 1942,
11,000 Jews from Ostrowiec
and the vicinity were deported
to Treblinka. My mother and
her immediate family had all
left Poland by 1932.
“There but for the grace of
God go I.”
During this High Holy Day
season, please remember the
six million Jews who perished
during the Holocaust and who
have no one left to recite the
Mourner’s Kaddish on their
behalf. — Pam Kancher
Executive Director
Mark Freid, President
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It’s up to us to help those in
need, in the new year and always
In a few days, Jews around
the world will celebrate Rosh
HaShanah the Jewish New
Year. While it is not a celebration comparable to the
January 1 New Year, Rosh
HaShanah is a time when we
review our deeds from the
past year with the hope of
improving ourselves in the
year to come. It serves as an
annual reminder that we must
constantly work at becoming
better people not just at this
time, but throughout the year.
The traditional greeting—
L’shana Tova Tikatevu—May
You Be Inscribed in the Book
of Life for a Good Year—
speaks to our profound desire
to remember that many of us
have the ability to make the
world a better place for those
less fortunate than ourselves.
The message of Rosh Hashanah rings true today as
it has for thousands of years
and for all people. Today, it is
more important than ever to
believe in the power compassion to repair our world. This is
the mission of Jewish Family
Services.
At a time when too many
of our friends are struggling
to keep food on the table or a
roof over their heads, it is up
to us to do what we can to help
them. At a time when older
adults suffer in loneliness
with personal or family issues,
Jewish Family Services is here
to ease their pain. At a time
when many of our neighbors
struggle with daily life, we are
here to make that struggle a
bit less stressful with a caring
professional staff and wonderful corps of volunteers.
This past year, JFS helped
over 10,000 of individuals and
families in Central Florida,
due to the support from three
pillars of our community: our
incredible professional staff,
the generous financial support of the community and
community partners, and the
selfless contribution of time
and energy by Jewish Family
Services volunteers.
At this time of the year
when we look at ourselves and
look to how we can improve
the world, we urge you to join
us in our efforts. Take up a food
collection drive, volunteer
to deliver meals to a home
bound elderly person or make
a donation of time, money or
your resources to help a less
fortunate members of the
community. If you haven’t
already done so, contact us
and we’ll talk about how you
can join us in making our
corner of the world a better
place for all.
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our ancestors, to renew for us
a good and sweet new year.”
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2016 Community Year in Review
September
The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando announced $50,000
in collaborative community grants to 11 Central Florida
programs and services. An additional $10,000 in grants was
awarded to Federation’s JTEN.
Robert Petree, deeply committed to Israel and the Jewish
community, died. He was 82.
October
After serving as Boy Scout Troop 6’s chaplain for seven years,
Brian Collins of the Dr. Phillips community was presented the
Shofar Award at the Court of Honor.
The garage door and driveway of David and Debra House
was spray painted with a swastika.
Brian Collins (l), Boy Scout Troop 6’s chaplain, receives
the Shofar Award. Fellow Scouter Michael Attardi, nominated Collins.
The Jewish Academy of
Orlando Board of Directors
voted to sublease its building.
By downsizing building space,
the school freed up resources
to develop it progressive curriculum.
The Rosen JCC held a grand
opening of its expanded facility that houses classrooms, a
parenting Center, STEM lab,
catering kitchen and retrofitted youth space.
At the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
observance, a standing-room
only audience listened spell
bound as Tess Wise, founder
of the Center, shared her stCantor Allan Robuck
sory of survival in Poland and
Germany during World War II. Afterward, she was presented
with 30 white roses in honor of her 30 years of service at the
Holocaust Center.
Mahjong players (l-r) Linda Wallerstein, Esther Cohen,
Judy Kahan, Dolores Indek and Lila Tinkoff donated their
wall-game contributions to the JFS Orlando Pearlman Food
Pantry. Executive Director Eric Geboff (r) receives the check.
The 8 Over 80 honorees: (standing, l-r): Robert Geller, Dr.
Marvin Newman, Dr. Harry Rein, Irwin Feldman; (seated,
l-r): Sheldon Greene, Judy Godorov, Eith Schulman and
Carol Simpson.
Anti-Semitic vandalism of an Israeli flag in Oviedo.
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces hosted a performance
by IDF soldiers held at Congregation Ohev Shalom.
An Oviedo resident’s Israel flag that was displayed in her
front yard was sprayed with red paint in an act of anti-Semitic
vandalism.
After two years of service to the community, Lauren Brown
closed her kosher restaurant, Brown’s New York Deli & Restaurant. “It just wasn’t doing enough volume to sustain it,” she said.
Eleven men and women were chosen for the Jerome J. Bornstein Leadership Development Program. The class of 2015-16
included Ming Marx, Andrew Gluck, Ari Vinokur, Michelle
Zaltsberg, Jessica Hoch, Heidi Zissman, Sam Friedman, Marissa
Branisavljevic, Mollie Savage and Alaina Wilder.
Eighteen Jewish moms from Central Florida with 385
other women from across the country visited Israel through
the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Program’s Momentum trip.
November
Kol Tikvah and Shir Joy, singers from Congregation of Reform Judaism, performed live on Jewish Rock Radio. The two
groups were created and directed by Cantor Jacqueline Rawiszer.
Two of the ‘notorious mahjong mavens,’ Zelda King (l)
and Lee Delnick.
situation was resolved and the ladies had a good laugh and
enjoyed all the publicity they received—the story went viral
all across the U.S.
Congregation Beth Am, Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation Ohev Shalom and Temple Israel Men’s Clubs honored
individuals from their synagogues with the Man of the Year/
Youth of the Year awards.
December
It was the end of an era for Ben’s Bake Shop. The shop, that
supplied many with Shabbat Challah, closed its doors on Dec. 24.
The singers of CRJ’s Kol Tikvah and Shir Joy.
An incident of anti-Semitic vandalism occurred in the Winter
Springs/Tuscawilla area. Someone spray painted a swastika
and the word “Surprise” on the garage door and driveway of
the home of David and Debra House.
Mahjong was everywhere! First, one group of ladies donated
their wall-game winnings to the JFS Orlando Pearlman Food
Pantry. Second, another group of ladies playing their mahjong game in their community clubhouse were shut down for
gambling by the Altamonte Springs police. Eventually, the
Ben Brenslauer, owner of The Bake Shop.
January
Maitland police responded to a call of a bomb threat at the
Jewish Acadmey of Orlando and The Roth Family JCC.
February
Congregation Ohev Shalom honored Cantor Allan Robuck
for his 25 years of musical joy.
David Wayne stepped down as executive director of The
Roth Family JCC.
Tess Wise received 30 white roses, symbolic of the 30th
anniversary of the Holocaust Center and the White Rose
Society, at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Observance.
March
A permanent donor sign was installed at The Roth Family
JCC to acknowledge the 88 donors who contributed to the gym
renovation project in memory of community leader Charles
Schwartz.
Nate’s Shul, the new home for Chabad of North Orlando
was dedicated.
The Roth Family JCC received JCC Excellence Awards for
marketing.
The ACCoRD Project, comprised of a group of action-oriented
individuals who want to see a change in the negative political
arena, was launched this month. ACCoRD is an acronym for
“Advocating for Civility, Cooperation, Respect and Dignity.”
The Kinneret Council on Aging recognized eight individuals
in the community for their contributions over the years at the
“8 Over 80” honorary dinner. The recipients were Robert Geller,
Dr. Marvin Newman, Dr. Harry Rein, Irwin Feldman, Sheldon
Greene, Judy Godorov, Edith Schulman and Carol Simpson.
April
Several UCF students attended the national AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C., where they encouraged others to
have a “come together” spirit in a very divided political arena.
Local philanthropist and entrepreneur Alan Ginsburg and
his family honored his late son and daughter-in-law with the
creation of the Jeffrey & Diane Ginsburg Center for Jewish
Student Life at Central Florida Hillel.
Temple Shir Shalom officially installed Cantor Kim Singer
as its spiritual leader.
Software engineer Alex Kahn, son of Valerie and Dr. Bernie
Kahn, was awarded the first ever Owl Award for an alum of the
Startup Institute in Chicago.
May
The entire Jewish community came together for a “Mitzvah
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2016 Community Year in Review
Tree of Life T-shirts, produced by Temple Israel, honored
Pulse victims and families. Shown here wearing the shirts
are (l-r): Arlene van de Rijn, Rabbi Joshua Neely, Ina Porth,
Natan Brener, Rabbi David Kay and Cathy Swerdlow. In
front center is Nathaniel Neely.
Longwood Commissioner Ben Paris (l) presented a Welcome Proclamation to Rabbi Yanky Majesky and the Chabad
community.
Day” of service to Central Florida. One project was to help clean
up Lake Killarney. Another involved children at the Jewish
Academy of Orlando for an arts and crafts project making
birthday cards for children in the hospital.
Grace Nelson, second from right is flanked by ACCoRD cofounders Es Cohen, Bonnie Friedman and Barbara Chasnov.
Grace Nelson, wife of U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, was the guest
speaker at an ACCoRD Project tea, held at Barbara and Burt
Chasnov’s home.
Aaron Gorovitz was named
one of the top fundraisers in
the U.S. He received a national
Stop Diabetes-Share award
from the American Diabetes
Association for his outstanding contributions in the fight
to stop diabetes.
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Orlando’s Campus
2020 took aim at the Maitland campus debt. Advisory
Board members and Federation leaders Dick and Dottie
Appelbaum, Ron and Mardi
Shader, Olga Yorish, Dr. Ed
and Phyllis Zissman, Allan
and Diane Goldberg, Michael
Soll, Rhonda Forest and Joe
Marcia Jo Zerivitz
and Anita Hara, Neal Crasnow,
Dr. Susan Drukman, Mark and Caryn Israel, and Julian and
Sheryl Meitin met to plan ways to retire the Maitland Jewish
Community campus’ debt by Jan. 1, 2020.
Marcia Jo Zerivitz, founding executive director of the Jewish
Museum of Florida, was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters—Honoris Causa from Florida International University.
It is the highest academic recognition a university can confer
to an individual for their contributions to a variety of fields
and causes.
June
Cantor Jacqueline Rawiszer was elected to the position of vice
vice president of member Relations and External partnerships
of the American Conference of Cantors.
Sam Friedman became the assistant director of Central
Florida Hillel.
Orlando Jewish groups responded to the terrorist shooting
at the Pulse night club with sadness and calls to action.
July
Theater at the J directors Kerry and Amada Giese hosted a
One Orlando Concert to help raise money for the medical bills,
funeral costs and day-to-day expenses for the people who lost
loved ones in the Pulse massacre.
To honor the victims and families of the tragic Pulse Club
massacre, Temple Israel member Emily Raij produced a
custom-designed commemorative T-shirt which shows the
Jewish community’s support and love for all who were affected
by the event.
August
The Heritage honored Susan Bierman as the recipient of the
Heritage Human Service Award. Bierman, who was in Italy
at the time the award was presented at the Jewish Federation
Annual Meeting, accepted the award via video—a first for an
acceptance speech here.
Temple Beth-El welcomed its new rabbi, Rabbi Courtney
Berman.
Altamonte Springs resident Barbra Resnick was a two-time
champion of Jeopardy! She earned a total of $20,000 for her
two wins.
UCF’s Judaic Studies director, Dr. Moshe Pelli, stepped down
and Dr. Kenneth Hanson stepped up to the directorship of the
program. Pelli had been the director since 1984.
Two separate congregations created Klal Israel under one
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek with Barbra Resnick.
roof. Temple Israel, a conservative congregation, and Temple
Shir Shalom, a Reform congregation, are sharing Temple
Israel’s building and have created a partnership with their
religious schools.
Eagle Scout Daniel Brown designed and landscaped the
Temple Israel Cemetery as his Eagle Scout Service Project.
With 27 volunteers, he led
his team in over 100 hours of
grading, laying stone, planting rose bushes, spreading
marble chips, laying sod and
mulching to produce a beautiful entryway at the site.
Two of our own—Ben
Brent, son of Rene Brent of
Lake Mary and David Brent of
Israel, and Roni Weil, daughter of Aaron and Sharon Weil
of Maitland—left the community to become Lone Soldiers
in Israel’s IDF. They traveled to
Israel via the Nefesh B’Nefesh
program in cooperation with
Friends of the IDF and the
Lone Soldiers Program.
Keith Dvorchick
September
Keith Dvorchik became the
new chief executive officer of The Roth Family JCC. He will
take over his new position Oct. 1.
Ina Porth was honored to receive the 2016 Kipnis-Wilson/
Friedland Award from the Jewish Federations of North America.
This distinction honors the most inspiring women in Jewish
communities throughout North America. Porth is an inspiring woman, having served the Orlando Jewish community in
many capacities for 38 years.
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Dolores Indek honors her parents, Edythe and Abe Indek,
with an Album Side Special.
By Pamela Ruben
When The Jewish Pavilion
raised funds for the elder-care
community with “A Walk in
the Park” and then “A Taste
in the Park,” Pavilion annual
member and volunteer, Dolores Indek, was right there,
showing her support by purchasing memorial signage
to honor a loved one. Indek
On Yom K ippur Day,
Wednesday, Oct. 12, starting
at 4:30 p.m., High Holiday
services at Temple Israel will
be open to the community (no
tickets required) beginning
with the afternoon prayer
service of Mincha. All prayer
services will be held in the
main sanctuary.
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Memorial Service
(CRJ) and Woodlawn Memorial Park
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of someone special in their
lives. The Pavilion is offering
an Album Side Special with
the purchase of three records
costing just $100. Larger
donors can Go Platinum
with larger signage for $180.
Records can be purchased
through the Pavilion offices
at 407-678-9363.
“This is a great way to
pay tribute, honor, or remember someone you love,”
noted Elise Schilowitz, past
president of the Board of the
Jewish Pavilion. “‘We get by
with a little help from our
friends. With your support,
we can continue to meet the
needs of the growing elderly
population.”
To donate a record or for
more information visit www.
jewishpavilion.org or call 407678-9363.
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jewishpavilion.org/specialevents/ to join the fun at The
Jewish Pavilion’s “Sunday in
the Park” on Sunday, Oct.
23rd at Crane’s Roost Park in
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made a yearly donation at
each fundraiser, memorializing her beloved parents while
helping the Pavilion with its
mission to bring Jewish life
and connection to residents
of Orlando’s senior living
communities.
“Dolores Indek was the
first one I reached out to
this year to help support our
newest event, Sunday in the
Park Family Festival and
Beatle’s tribute concert,”
shared Nancy Ludin, Jewish
Pavilion executive director.
“This year we are selling ‘records’ to bring in additional
funds, matching our concert
theme. We were thrilled with
Dolores’ willingness to help
our cause, and thanks to her
generosity, we made a platinum sized record available
for larger donations.”
Anyone can honor or memorialize a loved one, at the
Jewish Pavilion’s Sunday in
the Park and Family Festival
at Crane’s Roost Park on Sunday, Oct. 23. For a donation
of $36 to the Jewish Pavilion,
donors can purchase a record
Date:
Sunday, October
October9th
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Time:
10:00 AM
Location:
Woodlawn Memorial Park
CRJ Cemetery
Directions:
I-4 to 408 west to the Good Homes Road exit.
Turn left at top of exit ramp. At light turn right
about ¼ mile on Old Winter Garden Road to
Woodlawn Cemetery Road.
Turn left on Woodlawn Cemetery Road
(Woodlawn Memorial Park). Go to end of
cemetery. Turn right on Morton Jones Road.
CRJ cemetery is on the right ½ mile.
Following Mincha at 6 p.m.
there will be a community memorial service at which time
all are invited to remember in
prayer loved ones who are no
longer with us. This service
will also recall those who have
perished throughout the ages.
In addition, there will be a
special remembrance for the
victims of the Pulse massacre.
Neila follows at approximately 6:30 p.m., which is
the final service before the
proverbial gates are closed.
At Temple Israel, this is a very
special time where families/
friends, one group at a time,
are invited to come to the
bimah where the ark will
remain open to allow everyone to experience the awe of
standing before the Holy Ark
and Torahs. This can move
us to reflect on our blessings
and challenges and resolve to
move forward in the new year
with God’s help.
Maariv is scheduled for 7:25
p.m. followed by Havdalah
and the final Shofar blast at
7:40 p.m. at which time the
fast is over.
Temple Israel’s Sisterhood
will, once again, provide its
annual break the fast in the
Roth Social Hall. All members of the community are
cordially invited to join the
Temple Israel family at this
highly anticipated event.
For more information,
please call the Temple Israel
office at 407-647-3055 or go to
the website at www.tiflorida.
org/ Temple Israel is located
at 50 S. Moss Road, Winter
Springs, FL 32708.
JFS Orlando builds
computer lab
JFS Orlando recently received a $30,550 grant from
the annual Community Investment Grant Round at
Central Florida Foundation.
The grant will be used to establish a computer lab to be
used by JFS Orlando clients
and assist in agency technology upgrades. The computer
lab will provide a place for
clients to research and apply
for job opportunities, write
resumes and conduct employment workshops.
“We are undergoing major
renovations at JFS Orlando
and this new computer lab
will play a large role in our
ability to better serve our
community,” said Executive
Director Eric Geboff. “With
these funds we can create a
working space to assist and
educate our clients as they
seek employment opportunities. With the new computer
lab, JFS Orlando will provide
computer related classes for
the entire community.”
This grant is a result of the
Community Investment grant
round, an initiative of the
Central Florida Foundation’s
effort to educate the next
generation about investing
in nonprofits. For the fifth
year in a row, students in the
“Philanthropy, Fundraising,
and Social Entrepreneurship” course in the School of
Public Administration at the
University of Central Florida
teamed up with mentors from
the Foundation. The students used Nonprofit Search
to research nonprofits and
presented grant recommendations to the Foundation’s
board of directors for approval.
This project is funded in part
by a grant from the Frances
and Joseph Victor Fund at
Central Florida Foundation.
PAGE 21A
Looking back at 5776
Ben Sales
Friends of Ezra Schwartz grieving over the coffin of the American terror victim at a
service at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel before the body was repatriated to Boston for his
funeral the following day, Nov. 21, 2015.
By Ben Harris
(JTA)—A stabbing and
car-ramming epidemic in
Israel that some called a
third intifada was among
the most dominant Jewish
stories of the past year. But
5776 was also notable for the
release of spy Jonathan Pollard
after 30 years in prison, the
communal fallout from the
Iran nuclear deal, a historic
(and unfinished) agreement
on egalitarian worship at the
Western Wall and continuing
clashes between pro-Israel
students and the BDS movement on college campuses.
Below is a timeline of the
Jewish year’s major events—
the good, the bad and, in the
case of the deaths of some
Jewish giants, the very sad.
September 2015
Some 53 major American
Jewish groups issue a call for
unity and recommitment to
American and Israeli security
following the Sept. 17 deadline
for Congress to reject the
Iran nuclear deal. Overall,
19 of 28 Jewish members of
Congress support the deal,
which is vigorously opposed
by Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee.
The Palestinian flag is
raised at U.N. headquarters
in New York for the first time.
The move follows a 119-8 vote
of the General Assembly on
Sept. 10 to allow the flag at
the headquarters. Israel and
the United States are among
the dissenters, along with
Canada and Australia.
October 2015
Pope Francis meets Jewish
leaders in Rome to mark the
50th anniversary of the Nostra
Aetate, the landmark declaration that rejected collective
Jewish guilt for the killing of
Christ and paved the way for
improved Jewish-Catholic
relations. In the meeting in
St. Peter’s Square, Francis declares: “Yes to the rediscovery
of the Jewish roots of Christianity. No to anti-Semitism.”
Portuguese officials approve the naturalization of
a Panamanian descendant
of Sephardic Jews, the first
individual to receive Portuguese citizenship under a
2013 law that entitled such
individuals to repatriation.
Days earlier, Spain approved
the granting of citizenship to
4,302 descendants of Spanish Jews exiled during the
Spanish Inquisition under a
similar law.
November 2015
Jonathan Pollard, the former American Naval intel-
ligence analyst convicted of
spying for Israel, is freed from
federal prison after 30 years.
Under the terms of his parole,
Pollard is prohibited from
traveling to Israel, though
he offers to renounce his
American citizenship in order
to live there.
Two Jewish teens are found
guilty of the murder of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian teenager who was
abducted and burned to death
in the Jerusalem Forest in
2014. The teens are not identified because they were minors
at the time of the crime.
American yeshiva student
Ezra Schwartz, 18, is killed in
a shooting in the West Bank.
Schwartz, of Sharon, Massachusetts, is memorialized by
the New England Patriots, his
favorite team, with a moment
of silence prior to their Nov. 23
game against the Buffalo Bills.
The European Union approves guidelines for the labeling of products from West
Bank settlements. Under the
guidelines, goods produced in
the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem or the Golan Heights
must be labeled. Israel’s
Foreign Ministry condemns
the move.
T he A nt i- D ef a m at ion
League reports a 30 percent
jump in anti-Israel activity on
American college campuses.
According to the report, over
150 “explicitly anti-Israel
programs” have either taken
place or are scheduled to take
place on American campuses,
an increase from 105 the year
before.
December 2015
The United Nations recognizes Yom Kippur as an
official holiday. Starting in
2016, no official meetings
will take place on the Jewish Day of Atonement at the
international body’s New York
headquarters, and Jewish
employees there will be able
to miss work without using
vacation hours. Other religious holidays that enjoy the
same status are Christmas,
Good Friday, Eid al-Fitr and
Eid al-Adha.
An Orthodox gay conversion group is ordered by a
New Jersey court to cease
operations. Jews Offering
New Alternatives for Healing, or JONAH, must cease
operations within 30 days, the
state Superior Court rules.
In a lawsuit filed in 2012, the
group, which claims to be
able to eliminate homosexual
urges, was found to be in violation of New Jersey’s Consumer
Fraud Act.
Violinist Itzhak Perlman is
named the third recipient of
the Genesis Prize. The annual
$1 million prize, dubbed the
“Jewish Nobel,” is funded by a
group of Russian philanthropists to honor individuals who
have achieved international
renown in their professional
fields and serve as role models
through their commitment to
Jewish values.
Brazil refuses to confirm
Dani Dayan, a former West
Bank settler leader, as Israeli
ambassador to the country
because of his support for
the settlements. Following a
months-long standoff Dayan,
a native of Argentina, is reassigned as consul general in
New York.
January 2016
In response to unspecified
complaints that products
produced in the West Bank
are mislabeled as originating
in Israel, the U.S. customs
agency reiterates its policy
that any goods originating in
the West Bank or Gaza Strip
be labeled as such.
After decades of squabbling, the Israeli government
approves a compromise to
expand the non-Orthodox
Jewish prayer section of the
Western Wall. Under terms
of the deal, the size of the
non-Orthodox section of the
Western Wall will double to
nearly 10,000 square feet and
both areas will be accessible
by a single entrance.
The Brown Universit y
chapter of the historically
Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi separates from the
international organization
over biases against nonJewish members as well as
its handling of sexual assault.
In an op-ed in the Brown
student newspaper, chapter
president Ben Owens says
the group objected to the
“demeaning way that some
representatives of AEPi National treated our non-Jewish
brothers.”
The Cleveland Cavaliers
fire Israeli-American head
coach David Blatt, who led
the team to the NBA Finals
in 2015. Blatt releases a statement saying he was “grateful”
for the chance to serve as
coach. Led by LeBron James,
the Cavaliers go on to win
their first NBA championship under Blatt’s successor,
Tyronn Lue.
February 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders wins
the New Hampshire primary,
becoming the first Jewish
candidate in American history
to win a presidential primary.
The Vermont Independent,
seeking the Democratic nomination, handily defeats former
Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, commanding 60
percent of the vote to Clinton’s
38 percent.
The Hungarian Holocaust
drama “Son of Saul” wins
an Oscar for best foreign
language film. Other Jewish
winners at the 2016 Academy Awards are “Amy,” the
documentary about the late
Jewish singer-songwriter Amy
Winehouse, and Michael Sugar, who wins for best picture
as co-producer of “Spotlight,”
the story of the Boston Globe
investigative team led by Jewish editor Marty Baron that
exposed sex scandals in the
Catholic Church.
The Canadian Parliament
formally condemns the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, saying it
“promotes the demonization
and delegitimization of the
State of Israel.” Passed by a
vote of 229-51, the motion
was introduced by the opposition Conservative Party but
won support from the ruling
Liberal Party as well.
Republican presidential
hopeful Donald Trump disavows the support of David
Duke after earlier claiming he knew nothing about
the former Ku Klux Klan
leader’s views. In response,
the Anti-Defamation League
announces it will be providing
all presidential candidates
with information about hate
groups so they can better determine which endorsements
to accept and reject.
March 2016
Jewish comedian Garry
Shandling dies in Los Angeles
at 66. Shandling wrote for several sitcoms before starring
in his own shows, including
“The Larry Sanders Show,”
which aired on HBO in the
1990s and earned Shandling
18 Emmy Award nominations.
Venice launches a yearlong
commemoration of the 500th
anniversary of the world’s first
official Jewish ghetto. Among
the many events scheduled for
the anniversary is an appearance by Jewish U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who presides over a
mock trial of Shylock, the
Jewish moneylender character from Shakespeare’s “The
Merchant of Venice.”
A Pew study of Israelis finds
that 48 percent of the country’s Jews agree that Arabs
should be “expelled or transferred” out of the country. The
finding, the most shocking
in a wide-ranging study of
Israeli attitudes, is based on
interviews with 5,600 Israelis
conducted between October
2014 and May 2015.
Thousands of delegates
attend the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee’s
annual policy conference in
Washington featuring appearances by most contenders for
the presidency—most controversially Donald Trump,
who sparks much talk of
protests and walkouts in the
days leading up to the conclave. Speaking the morning
after Trump’s address to the
gathering, AIPAC President
Lillian Pinkus issues a rare
apology for Trump’s attacks
on President Barack Obama,
saying the group is “deeply
disappointed that so many
people applauded a sentiment
that we neither agree with or
condone.” Hillary Clinton, Ted
Cruz and John Kasich also
address the conference, while
Bernie Sanders issues a writ-
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Aly Raisman posing after
winning a silver medal in
the women’s individual allaround competition at the
Rio Olympics, Aug. 11, 2016.
ten statement to the group
from the campaign trail.
Merrick Garland, the chief
of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia, is
nominated to replace Antonin
Scalia, who died in February,
on the Supreme Court. In
his acceptance speech, Garland emotionally recalls his
grandparents who had fled
anti-Semitism for better lives
in the United States. Republicans vow not to consider his
nomination during President
Obama’s last year in office.
Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder and CEO of Facebook,
is the world’s richest Jew, according to Forbes. The magazine’s annual list of the world’s
billionaires shows Zuckerberg
surpassing Oracle CEO Larry
Ellison to claim the top spot
among Jews.
April 2016
Days ahead of the New York
primary, Bernie Sanders and
Hillary Clinton engage in a
heated exchange over Israel
at a debate in Brooklyn, with
the Vermont senator accusing
the former secretary of state
of neglecting the Palestinians
and reiterating his charge that
Israel used disproportionate
force in Gaza in 2014. Clinton
won the primary in New York,
home to the country’s largest Jewish population, 58-42
percent.
May 2016
In an announcement timed
to the annual independence
celebrations in Israel, the
nation’s Central Bureau of
Statistics reports the population has risen to 8.52 million
residents, a tenfold increase
over the 806,000 in 1948 at
the time of Israel’s founding.
Britain’s Labour Party
launches an investigation
into anti-Semitism within the
party one day after the suspension of former London
Mayor Ken Livingstone, who
said Adolf Hitler was a Zionist
because he advocated moving Europe’s Jews to Israel.
Morley Safer, a 46-year
veteran of the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” dies at 84
a week after retiring from
the show. Safer, the winner
of 12 Emmy Awards, helped
turn American public opinion
against the Vietnam War with
his coverage of U.S. atrocities.
Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate and major
backer of Republican candidates, endorses Donald
Trump for the presidency. In
an op-ed in The Washington
Post, Adelson cites Trump’s
executive experience and the
threat of a “third term” for
President Obama if Hillary
Clinton is elected. Adelson
plans to spend more than
ever on the 2016 presidential
election, even in excess of
$100 million, The New York
Times reports.
June 2016
Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, is
stabbed to death while sleeping in her bed in the West Bank
settlement of Kiryat Arba by
a Palestinian teenager. The
attacker, Muhammad Nasser
Tarayrah, had jumped the
settlement fence and entered
the sleeping girl’s bedroom.
He later is shot and killed by
civilian guards.
Israel and Turkey sign a
reconciliation agreement six
years after relations were cut
off following an Israeli raid on
the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish
ship attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
Anti-Semitic incidents
on American college campuses nearly doubled in
2015, the Anti-Defamation
League reports. A total of 90
incidents were reported on
60 college campuses in 2015,
compared with 47 incidents
on 43 campuses in 2014. The
ADL audit records a total of
941 anti-Semitic incidents
in the United States in 2015,
an increase of 3 percent over
the previous year.
July 2016
Pope Francis visits Auschwitz, where he prays in silent
contemplation and meets with
Holocaust survivors. Francis
also visits the cell of Polish
priest and saint Maximilian
Kolbe, who died at Auschwitz
after taking the place of a condemned man. Francis is the
third pope to visit the camp,
following the Polish-born
John Paul II in 1979 and Pope
Benedict XVI in 2006.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
steps down as leader of the
Democratic National Committee following the emergence of emails showing
senior DNC staffers sought
to undercut the campaign of
Jewish presidential hopeful
Bernie Sanders.
Bernie Sanders, the first
Jew to win a major party presidential primary, endorses
Hillary Clinton for president.
G old ie M ic h el s o n o f
Worcester, Massachusetts,
the oldest living American,
dies at home at the age of 113
and 11 months. Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace
Prize laureate, author, activist
and Holocaust survivor, dies
at 87 of natural causes. Wiesel,
who wrote “Night” and “The
Jews of Silence,” was well
known internationally for his
books and as a leading voice
of conscience.
August 2016
American gymnast Aly Raisman wins three medals at
the Rio Olympics, a gold for
the overall U.S. women’s team
and two individual silvers.
Israel takes home two medals
at the games, both bronze in
judo, while American Jewish
swimmer Anthony Ervin at 35
becomes the oldest person to
win a gold medal in an individual swimming event. The
Rio games also pay tribute to
the 11 Israelis killed at the
Munich Olympics in 1972.
Gene Wilder, a comedic
actor who played the title
characters in the films “Young
Frankenstein” and “Willy
Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” and also starred in the
Mel Brooks’ Western spoof
“Blazing Saddles,” dies at 83.
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Nine ways to celebrate the High Holidays
without stepping foot in a shul
By Maayan
Jaffe-Hoffman
JNS.org
“Buying seats for the High
Holidays is super expensive,”
says Rachel Moses, a marketer for a Jewish non-profit
from Mt. Washington, Md. “It
also just doesn’t feel like it’s
my place.”
If you think like Moses—
considering skipping the
tickets, and celebrating Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur
There is a lot of beauty to
the traditional synagogue
ex p er ienc e. Howe ver, a
traditional High Holidays
service just does not speak
to some—especially many
young adults.
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outside the traditional four
walls of your family synagogue—JNS.org offers nine
alternative ways to connect
to the High Holidays without
stepping foot in a shul.
1. Build community
T hom a s A r nold , who
works in homeland security
and is from Pikesville, Md.
says people often interpret
Yom Kippur as a heavy day of
repentance. In contrast, the
day’s prohibitions—things
like fasting, not wearing
leather footwear, not making
love to your partner, refraining from taking a bath—are
intended to help us think less
about our own needs and
more about those of others.
“The point is to understand there are people that
don’t have food, that don’t
have water, that don’t have
shoes to wear,” explains Arnold, citing the eighteenthcentury ethical Jewish book
“Mesillat Yesharim: The
Path of the Upright” by Italian Rabbi and philosopher
Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto.
“We don’t have sex, because there are people in the
world who don’t have partners and cannot connect in
that way,” Arnold says.
Arnold looks for people
who are in need, lacking
something or are lonely, and
makes a point of giving to
them during the High Holiday season. Sometimes he
invites them over for a meal,
and other times he just lends
them a helping hand.
“On Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur, make it about
other people,” he says.
2. Celebrate around the
table
Rabbi Jessy Gross, named
by The Forward as one of
the most inspiring rabbis
of 2016, says some of her
best holiday memories are
not
2:42
PM from the synagogue, but
from places where people
came together—like at her
holiday table.
“Having meals with other
people, especially if the
person hosting can serve
traditional Jewish foods,
creates an opportunity... to
celebrate Jewish food and
culture,” says Gross.
Shari Seidman Klein of
Beit Shemesh in Israel,
agrees. She cooks a holiday
meal for her family, as well
as for her children, a few
of whom choose not attend
traditional activities. Apples
and honey, round raisin
challah, and other sweet
things bring the kids and
their friends back to her
dining room each year.
3. Change something
Klein says she often instructs her Hebrew school
students, many whom are
products of intermarriage,
to use the High Holidays as
a time to better themselves.
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She tells them, “Take on one
thing for one day.”
For example, rather than
fasting on Yom Kippur, she
recommended giving up
candy, soda or something
else they like to eat. Older
individuals might decide to
give up the personal comfort
of watching TV, or they might
make the higher commitment of refraining from
talking badly about others.
“It’s the idea of tikkun
olam, bettering the world,”
says Klein. “That one thing
on that one day can take you
back to the basics of being and thinking.”
4. Do tashlich
One of Gross’s favorite
rituals in tashlich, for which
all a person needs is access
to a body of natural water
such as a creek, pond or river.
She recommends to take
some bread or crackers, and
spend some time by the water
meditating or journaling.
“I like to think about
where I have missed the
mark or haven’t reached
my potential and cast this
out,” she says. “It is great
opportunity to ... think about
what you want as we evolve
into the coming year. It’s a
process of spiritual cleansing
and preparedness.”
5. Find an alternative
minyan
The Israeli organization
Tzohar has been working
to bring together the religious and secular Jewish
communities in the Jewish
state. In the central city of
Lod, Tzohar’s Executive Vice
President Yakov Gaon says
his organization found that
many secular Israelis refrain
from going to synagogue not
because they don’t want to
pray, but because the service
is too fast, politicized, costly
or uncomfortable.
“They don’t know how to
dress, when to stand up or
sit down,” Gaon says.
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centers, schools and gyms.
The ser vices bring likeminded people together.
Each service is assigned a
leader that announces the
prayer page numbers to
read, and explains what’s
happening in the prayers.
Today, more than 56,000
people take part in these
Yom Kippur services at 300
locations across Israel. An
additional 1,500 people attend one of Tzohar’s 60 Rosh
Hashanah services.
6. Go to Israel
In general, traveling to
Israel on the High Holidays
is a more special experience
than traveling to the Jewish
state during nearly any other
time of year, explains Arnold,
whose daughter is studying
in Israel for the year.
Arnold says Israelis have
a reputation for being rude
or pushy, but during the
Hebrew month of Elul—the
month leading up to Rosh
Hashanah—Israelis tend to
mellow out.
“It’s like they know it
instinctively,” Arnold says
with a laugh. “Their Jewish
souls come out and they
know it is the Yamim Noraim (High Holy Days) and
they better get themselves
together.”
The whole country prepares with holiday festivals,
music, delicious holidays
foods and smells, he says.
7. Hold a discussion group
Skipping the rabbi’s sermon? Write your own, and
invite others to hear it.
Klein has tapped into several online resources, such
asMyJewishLearning.com,
to provide fodder for discussion at the table, or for her
son and his friends to discuss
in an intimate setting. Gross,
too, says that using online
content and hosting a discussion group can help you
learn about the holiday, and
then share those insights
with others.
8. Make an Elul reflection
calendar
If you want to get an early
start, make an Elul reflection calendar, says Gross.
Create a pie chart divided
by the Hebrew months.
Break each pie down by
the number of days in that
month. On each slice, record a guided meditation
question, or something you
want to work on. Then, every
morning or before bed, read
it and reflect.
Here, too, Gross says,
there are plenty of online
trigger questions if you need
guidance.
8. Picnic
Mt. Washington’s Moses
says hosting or attending a
holiday picnic brings people
together, offering a venue
to eat traditional foods and
spend time in nature at the
same time. While the children are playing, the adults
can host the aforementioned
discussion group, or meditate under the open sky.
9. Pray outside
In general, being outside
is a good way to infuse spirituality into your holiday.
Transform your backyard, a
park, or forest into a synagogue and pray.
Most years, Moses attends
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation’s “Rosh Hashanah
Under the Stars” program,
which offers an alternative Jewish New Year gettogether for members and
non-members.
“There are thousands of
people there, right under
the stars, with no ceiling
above you,” says Moses. “You
feel like you are one with
nature, with each other and
with God—whatever sense
of God there is.”
On years she cannot make
the service, she and her family might travel to Ocean
City, Md., instead.
“We’ll just sit there and
listen to the ocean,” she
says.
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Easiest. Rosh Hashanah dinner. Ever.
By Shannon Sarna
(JTA)—Some people take great pride and pleasure in planning
their Rosh Hashanah menus for weeks or months in advance,
chugging away at kugels and cakes and soup to put in the
freezer. I know my grandmother and Aunt Ruth both did their
High Holidays cooking all summer so they would be “ready.”
But not everyone cooks for 20 people or enjoys the toil and
preparation of holiday cooking for weeks on end. And for those
people, this simple menu is for you.
Traditional Jewish New Year flavors of apple and pomegranate can show up in unexpected places—like sangria, which is
a perfect, easy choice for entertaining, since you can make a
large batch and chill until ready to serve. And even a simple
roast chicken becomes special for the holiday with an apricot
mustard makeover and crispy roast potatoes.
You can keep your preparations and flavors simple while
serving up a sweet, delicious and deceptively impressive spread
for family and friends.
Apple Pomegranate Sangria
Sangria is the perfect drink to serve for Rosh Hashanah—it’s
supposed to be sweet and is perfect paired with two traditional
flavors of the holiday. You can use whatever wine you have
lying around, or change things up with red wine if you prefer.
Ingredients: 1 bottle white wine such as sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio
(or moscato if you like very sweet wine) 1 cup pomegranate juice 4 ounces vodka (optional) 1 lemon, sliced 1 apple, cored and sliced
1 1/2 cups ginger ale or club soda Pomegranate seeds (optional)
Directions: Place sliced apple and lemons in a sealable
container. Add 1/2 cup pomegranate juice, 1/2 cup wine and
vodka (optional). Allow to sit overnight in the fridge.
When ready to serve, place fruit and liquid in a large carafe.
Add remaining wine and pomegranate juice. Top with ginger
ale or club soda to your liking. Serve chilled or with ice.
Optional: For an extra special presentation, make pomegranate seed ice cubes by adding a few seeds into each section
of an ice cube tray. Fill with water or pomegranate juice and
freeze overnight. When ready to serve, add 1 or 2 ice cubes in
each guest’s glass, or all the ice cubes to the carafe of sangria.
Sheet Pan Apricot Dijon Chicken with Brussels Sprouts
and Potatoes
Sheet pan dinners are all the rage this year and with good
reason: Throw all your ingredients on one large sheet pan
and then pop it in the oven. Your cleanup is reduced without
sacrificing any deliciousness. This recipe can easily be doubled
to feed a larger crowd.
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken 1 pound small red or Yukon gold potatoes, halved
1 pint Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved 1/4 cup apricot jam Puff Pastry Baked Apples.
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2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons orange juice 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
6 garlic cloves
Directions: Preheat oven to 400 F.
Cut chicken along the backside, removing spine. Flatten
and lay on top of sheet pan.
In a small bowl, mix together apricot jam, mustard, brown
sugar, olive oil, orange juice, salt and pepper.
Spread around three-quarters of the seasoning mixture on
top of and under the skin of the chicken; reserve one quarter.
Spread potatoes on one side of the pan, brussels sprouts on
the other. Drizzle potatoes and Brussels sprouts with olive oil,
salt and pepper. Add whole, unpeeled garlic cloves to the tray,
alongside the potatoes and Brussels sprouts.
After 30 minutes, check on Brussels sprouts and, if caramelized to your liking, remove and set aside. Toss potatoes
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25-30 minutes.
Remove from oven and spread remaining seasoning on top
of chicken. Cut chicken into quarters and serve immediately.
Puff Pastry Baked Apples
Growing up, baked apples were a tradition in my house. This
dessert looks impressive but is actually easy to execute. Serve
with sorbet, vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for an extra
sweet start to the new year.
Ingredients: 2 sheets puff pastry
4 Gala apples
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup margarine or butter 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger Pinch fresh nutmeg Pinch fresh ground cloves Sheet Pan Apricot Dijon Chicken.
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1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup raisins 1 egg, beaten Sanding sugar (optional)
Directions: Take puff pastry out of freezer and allow to sit
at room temperature 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 F.
In a medium bowl, mix together margarine (or butter),
brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove and salt. Add
in raisins and mix.
Peel and core each apple, leaving apple intact but with a cavity
for stuffing. Stuff sugar-margarine mixture inside each apple.
Cut each sheet of puff pastry in 2 pieces (there should be 4
pieces in total). With a rolling pin, roll each rectangle piece
gently, stretching puff pastry so it is slightly larger.
Sit each stuffed apple in middle of puff pastry. Fold puff
pastry up and over apple until completely covered, trimming
excess pieces.
Optional: Using extra puff pastry, carve decorative small
leaves to place on top.
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Why I’m going to High Holiday services
for the first time in 25 years
By Paul Golin
First Person
NEW YORK (JTA)—I just
bought Rosh Hashanah tickets for the first time ever. The
last time I attended services
for the High Holidays was on
my parents’ dime. That was
back before the World Wide
Web, when Ross Perot heard
a giant sucking sound and
the voice of a generation was
named Sir Mix-a-Lot.
My reasons for fleeing synagogue services are in many
ways typical among so-called
unaffiliated Jews, including
the interminable length and
inaccessible liturgy of the ceremonies. Some of my reasons
for return are also similar to
others, such as becoming a
parent.
Yet I may be the only such
Jew who, during the decades
in between, spent countless hours consulting with
hundreds of synagogues and
other Jewish organizations,
from all streams of Judaism,
to help them understand why
they are not reaching Jews
like me.
Suggesting I am “unaffiliated” because I don’t belong
to a synagogue is part of the
problem. In my group of
friends, I am the “super Jew.”
I’m the Jewish communal
professional and the Israeli
history buff. I donate to Jewish
causes and grapple with my
Jewishness almost every day.
That’s why when it comes
to identity, yes-no binary
descriptions don’t work anymore, if they ever did. We
are all somewhere along a
spectrum in so many aspects
of our lives.
It may be easier for institutions to work with simple
binaries (“Are you a member or
not?” “Are you Jewish or not?”),
but that lack of nuance is part
of the reason why people walk
away. We’re told that Judaism
encourages questioning and
debate, but in practice there are
longstanding barriers telling
us who’s in and who’s out, and
far too many self-appointed
border guards.
How can you still be Jewish
if you don’t believe in God?
That’s the first false binary I
had to overcome to maintain
my Jewish identity. I knew by
age 11 that I didn’t believe.
And I felt isolated in that
knowledge because growing
up I never heard a rabbi or
teacher suggest that while
not all Jews believe in God,
they can still derive meaning
and community from being
Jewish.
Surveys regularly show that
half of American Jewry doubts
there is a God who answers
personal prayers. That’s an
existential crisis. When the
liturgy says God punishes the
wicked and rewards the good,
but Jewish history suggested
otherwise, our communal sermonizing turned elsewhere,
to blame disaffiliation on a
lack of Jewish education or the
“scourge” of intermarriage.
The second false binary I
had to overcome was that to
stay Jewish or have Jewish
children, I must only marry
a fellow Jew.
It was much later in life that
I heard of Secular Humanistic
Judaism, a small but spirited
denomination creating space
for Jews like me who define
Judaism as the cultural and
historic experience of the Jewish people. It understands that
diversity is an opportunity for
sharing and learning, and
that all marriages—including intermarriages and gay
marriages—are fully equal
celebrations of love.
After recently joining this
movement’s leadership, it
would be poor form for me not
to attend my nearest affiliated
congregation during the High
Holidays. Yet that’s not the
only motivating factor. I want
to challenge the potentially
false binaries within my own
thinking, like for example that
my connection to Judaism
will never be through ritual
practice.
Still, I continue to struggle
with the denominational and
congregational models, both
of which are under siege by
broader societal forces. As
a communal insider, I fully
understand why tickets to take
my family to Rosh Hashanah
services cost as much as a
Broadway play. As an outsider,
I’m really tempted just to take
my family to a Broadway play.
With incredible talent and
resources poured into each
show, Broadway is the pinnacle of American theater, so
it’s really unfair to compare it
to High Holiday services at a
midsize congregation. Yet this
is the calculus that Jewish
families undertake, in countless ways. The competition
is not between synagogues
in one denomination versus
another, it’s between Hebrew
school and soccer practice,
Shabbat services and HBO
Go. How does your synagogue
bulletin compare to your local
yoga studio’s handouts?
Even more challenging is
that I am genuinely moved
by almost every Broadway
play I attend. Will I be moved
during High Holiday services?
In the past there have been
moments, but obviously not
enough to keep me coming
back.
Ultimately, as a “consumer”
of anything, I want a clear
understanding of how participation will improve my
life, improve the lives of my
family members or help me
improve the world. I believe
it is through these criteria
that most people determine
how to spend their time. And
crafting clear answers is how
Jewish organizations can
articulate meaning to their
constituents.
From what I’m already
sensing among the amazing
folks in our movement, they
are ready to dig in on this
challenge. I believe when we
do articulate those answers,
it can help grow not only our
own congregations but offer
models for the larger Jewish
community as well.
Paul Golin is the executive
director of the Society for
Humanistic Judaism—www.
SHJ.org—the congregational
arm for Humanistic Judaism
in North America.
Here’s how to turn ‘epic fails’ into fresh starts
By Elana Zelony
R ICH A R D S ON , Te x a s
(JTA)—Urbandictionary.com
is an open-source site where
the average citizen contributes definitions to new and old
words and slang. As the High
Holidays approach, I’ve been
contemplating the phrase
“epic fail.” According to one
entry on Urbandictionary.
com, epic fail means “complete and total failure when
success should have been
reasonably easy to attain.”
Epic fail defines most of the
sins I contemplate during the
Cohen
From page 4A
cannot just be dismissed as
the ravings of a lunatic. That
is one reason why the Labour
parliamentarian John Mann,
a stalwart opponent of antiSemitism, has just published
a dossier in which he rebuts
Livingstone’s dubious and
dishonest portrait of wartime
Zionists as equal negotiating
partners of the Nazi regime. Meotti
From page 5A
and without any other images of the Muslim prophet
Mohammad that were to be
included.
“The capitulation of Yale
University Press to threats
that hadn’t even been made
yet is the latest and perhaps the worst episode in
the steady surrender to
religious extremism—particularly Muslim religious
extremism—that is spreading across our culture,” commented the late Christopher
Hitchens. Yale was possibly
hoping to get in line for the
same $20 million donation
from Saudi Arabia’s Prince
Al-Wwaleed bin Talal that
he had just bestowed upon
George Washington University and Harvard.
In Ger ma ny, Gabriele
Brinkmann, a popular nov-
High Holidays. I should have
been able to succeed, but I
didn’t because I’m human and
I have weaknesses. I spend the
period that begins with the
Hebrew month of Elul and culminates with Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur thinking of
the many times when I easily
could have been more kind,
patient and optimistic.
It’s not that I’m incapable
of those behaviors; I have a
normal psyche and can be a
good person. However, as a
human I failed to be my best
self during the past year on
numerous occasions.
I know I’m not alone in my
epic fail. Look at the stories
we’re told about the Jewish
people in the Torah.
The epic fail of the Jewish
people was worshipping the
Golden Calf, and the epic
fail of Moses was smashing
the Ten Commandments
c a r ved wit h God’s ow n
finger. All the people had
to do was wait until Moses
returned with God’s law,
but they panicked during
their leader’s absence and
sought security in a golden
image. All Moses had to do
was reprimand the people.
Instead he flies into a rage
and smashes the holy tablets. They were capable of
doing better.
Here’s the good news. Elul,
the month leading up to
the High Holidays, is one of
contemplation. According to
the midrash, on the first day
of Elul Moses began carving
a second set of tablets with
his own hands. Carving the
second set of tablets is about
starting over again after
failure.
The High Holidays cycle
demands that we examine
the ways we have failed, but
it also gives us the strength
to start anew. On the first of
Elul (Sept. 4 this year), we
begin re-carving our own
smashed tablets. It’s hard
work to hew meaning out
of stone, but the effort leads
to renewed relationship and
hope for the future.
Some choose to gather
in small groups before the
holidays, using the time to
spiritually prepare. Find out
if your local synagogues offer
Elul classes. If a class isn’t
possible, check out websites
to help with your preparation
for the High Holidays during
Elul, including Jewels of Elul
and Ritual Well.
On Rosh Hashanah, if I see
the blisters on my friends and
family’s hands, I’ll point to my
own. We’ll nod knowingly and
smile at one another. We’ll affirm the hard work that went
into re-carving ourselves.
Together, we’ll celebrate the
New Year as an opportunity
to start all over again.
Rabbi Elana Zelony, the
spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Torah in Richardson, Texas, is a fellow with
Rabbis Without Borders.
As the dossier points out,
Livingstone ignores vital
facts, such as Hitler’s statement in Mein Kampf that,
“While the Zionists try to
make the rest of the World
believe that the national consciousness of the Jew finds its
satisfaction in the creation
of a Palestinian state, the
Jews again slyly dupe the
dumb Goyim.” But then
again, given that Livingstone
believes Hitler was already in
power in 1932—he became
Germany’s Chancellor in
1933—his poor grasp of historical detail and historical
meaning shouldn’t be overly
surprising.
No one should be under the
impression that the writings
and statements of Bayer and
Livingstone pass effortlessly
into mainstream discourse.
Even among the legions of
Israel critics, there is some
acknowledgement that their
respective claims have more
in common with hate speech
than with the serious study
of history. It’s quite conceivable that in other European
countries like Germany or
France, one or both of them
would have been prosecuted
for incitement.
To be clear, I’m not recommending that either man be
prosecuted; that’s a decision
for the authorities in their
countries to make in respect
of the law. The problem is both
men are depicted as exotically controversial, with some
grasp of truth, when they are
in fact bare-faced liars. Because, you see, to be a
successful Jew-baiter, you
can’t be anything else.
Ben Cohen, senior editor
of TheTower.org & The Tower
Magazine, writes a weekly column for JNS.org on Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern politics. His writings have been
published in Commentary,
the New York Post, Haaretz,
The Wall Street Journal, and
many other publications.
He is the author of“Some of
My Best Friends: A Journey
Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism” (Edition
Critic, 2014).
elist, was also suddenly left
without a publisher. According to her publisher, Droste,
the novel Wem Ehre Geburt
(“To Whom Honor Gives
Birth”) could be judged
as “insulting to Muslims”
and expose the publisher to
intimidation. Brinkmann
was asked to censor some
passages; she refused and
lost the publishing house.
This same cowardice and
capitulation now pervades
the entire publishing industry. Last year, Italy’s
most prestigious book fair
in Turin chose (then shelved)
Saudi Arabia as its guest of
honor, despite the many
writers and bloggers who are
imprisoned in the Islamic
kingdom. Raif Badawi was
sentenced to 1,000 lashes
and a 10-year sentence, and
a $260,000 fine.
Many Western publishers
are now also “rejecting works
by Israeli authors”, according Time.com, despite their
political views.
It was after Rushdie’s The
Satanic Verses that many
Western publishing houses
first bowed to intimidation.
Christian Bourgois, a French
publishing house, refused to
publish The Satanic Verses
after having bought the
rights, as did the German
publisher, Kiepenheuer, who
apparently said he regretted
having acquired the rights
to the book and chose to sell
them to a consortium of fifty
publishers from Germany,
Austria and Switzerland,
gathered under the name
“UN-Charta Artikel 19.”
Not only did Rushdie’s
publishers capitulate; other
publishers also decided to
break ranks and return to do
business with Tehran. Oxford
University Press decided to
take part in the Tehran Book
Fair, along with two American publishers, McGraw-Hill
and John Wiley, despite the
request of Rushdie’s publisher, Viking Penguin, to
boycott the Iranian event.
T hose publishers chose
to respond to murderous
censorship with surrender,
willing to sacrifice freedom
of expression on the altar
of business as usual: selling
books was more important
than solidarity with threatened colleagues.
It is as if at the time of
the Nazis’ book-burnings,
Western publishers had not
only stood silent, but had also
invited a German delegation
to Paris and New York. Is it
so unimaginable today?
Giulio Meotti, Cultural
Editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and author.
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PAGE 26A
Why twice a year
is not enough.
Our sisterhoods and
brotherhoods combine
social service with
social enjoyment for an
enlightened and
enriched well-being.
Because you are
missing out on so much.
You are missing out on
the comfort of sharing
everyday joys and sorrows, the security of our
faith and heritage, the
excitement of learning.
Our special projects
and programs
for all ages,
entertaining social
activities and
interchange of ideas
and philosophies make
for a fulfilling lifestyle.
You and your children
are missing out on the
knowledge and adventures of creative and
modern Jewish identity
and involvement.
Knowledge is the keystone of Judaism. Our
religious schools are
innovative in bringing
this knowledge, the history and heritage and
religious significance of
our very being, to our
youngsters.
And, of course,
we worship together.
L’Shana Tovah
HAPPY NEW YEAR
5777
Come share with us,
and let us share with
you. We urge
you to join one of the
synagogues listed below
to truly discover why
twice a year
is not enough.
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(Conservative)
3899 Sand Lake Rd.• Longwood
(Progressive Conservative)
1308 E. Normandy Blvd • Deltona
Rabbi Sanford (Sandy) Olshansky
Rabbi Rick Sherwin
Rabbi Winston Weilheimer
www.mybethshalom.com
Celebration Jewish
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Congregation of
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Bet Chaim
(407) 830-7211
Beth Am
(407) 862-3505
Reform Judaism
Beth Shalom
(386) 804-8283
Ohev Shalom
(Reform)
Celebration
(Reform)
928 Malone Dr., • Orlando
(Conservative)
613 Concourse Pkwy. S., Maitland
Rabbi Richard Cowin
www.jewishcelebration.org
Rabbi Steven Engel
Rabbi Aaron Rubinger
Rabbi David Kay
Cantor Allan Robuck
Southwest Orlando Jewish
Congregation
Temple Israel
Temple Shir Shalom
(407) 647-3055
(407) 366-3556
(407) 566-9792
(Conservative)
11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando
(407) 239-5444
Rabbi Hillel Skolnik
Cantor Doug Ramsay
(407) 645-0444
(Conservative)
50 S. Moss Road • Winter Springs
www.tiflorida.org
Rabbi Joshua Neely
(407) 298-4650
(Reform)
P.O. Box 623182 • Oviedo
Cantorial Soloist Kim Singer
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Six new kids’ books for the Jewish New Year
By Penny Schwartz
(JTA)—Get ready: 5777
is arriving soon. And a new
Jewish year means a fresh crop
of top-notch Jewish books
for kids.
This year, not one but two
new Rosh Hashanah books are
penned by Eric A. Kimmel, the
master storyteller whose popular award-winning children’s
classics include “Hershel and
the Hanukkah Goblins” and
“Simon and the Bear.” His
latest entries, “Little Red
Rosie” and “Gabriel’s Horn,”
are among the new crop of
lively and engaging Jewish
children’s books for the High
Holidays that reflect the wide
range of today’s American
Jewish families.
Typically, most of the ink
is devoted to Rosh Hashanah,
which begins this year on the
evening of Oct. 2. But there are
fresh reads about many of the
forthcoming holidays—one
book, “Maya Prays for Rain,”
is a charming story about the
little-known holiday Shemini
Atzeret that comes at the end
of Sukkot.
Want to make the new year
extra sweet for a little one in
your life? Check out the six
books below.
“Rosh Hashanah is Coming! ” by Tracy Newman; illustrated by Viviana Garofoli Kar-Ben; ages 1-4
Families can usher in the
Jewish New Year with this colorful and lively toddler board
book, the fifth in the Kar-Ben
board book series on Jewish
holidays by Tracy Newman
and Vivian Garofoli (including “Shabbat is Coming!” and
“Passover is Coming!”). Young
kids braid a round challah,
blow the shofar, set out apples
and honey, and enjoy a juicy
pomegranate as they get ready
to celebrate the new year.
“Little Red Rosie: A Rosh
Hashanah Story ” by Eric
A. Kimmel; illustrated by
Monica Gutierrez Apples &
Honey Press; ages 3-7
A confident young girl
enlists the help of her numerous feathered friends to bake
challah for the neighborhood
Rosh Hashanah dinner. With
an illustrated recipe in hand,
Rosie gently leads a parrot,
toucan and hornbill as they
measure flour, add eggs,
knead the dough and braid it
into loaves. In one of Gutierrez’s illustrations—sure to
tickle young ones—poppy
seeds fly through the air and
land all over the kitchen table
and floor.
“Who will help me clean the
kitchen?” Rosie asks.
They all pitch in, and
Rosie saves the day when she
prevents the hornbill from
toppling a teetering tower of
dirty dishes. When the lovely
loaves are baked, Rosie and her
friends recite the blessing over
the challah, and the neighbors
who gather around the festive
table all enjoy the bread.
“Maya Prays for Rain ”
by Susan Tarcov; illustrated
by Ana Ochoa , Kar-Ben;
ages 4-9
It’s a warm fall day, and
a spunky young girl greets
her neighbors in her multicultural town. It seems like
everyone is taking advantage
of the sunny, dry weather
by partaking in all kinds of
outdoor activities. But when
Maya learns that the evening’s
synagogue service for the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret
includes a prayer for rain, she
warns her neighbors to cancel
their plans. Much to Maya’s relief, however, she learns from
her rabbi that the prayer is for
Israel, where the rainy season
is needed for crops and trees.
“Amen,” she pronounces at
the end of the prayer.
The back page includes
an explanation of the lesserknown holiday that comes
at the end of the Sukkot
celebration.
“Gabriel’s Horn ” by Eric A.
Kimmel; illustrated by Maria
Surducan , Kar-Ben; ages 4-9
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a young AfricanAmerican soldier knocks on
the door of the apartment
where a young boy, Gabriel,
lives with his parents, who
are struggling to hang on to
their small antiques shop. The
solider explains he is going
overseas and has no one to
care for his special horn that
once belonged to his grandpa,
a musician, and brings good
luck. Gabriel convinces his
reluctant mom they can care
for the horn. The name on
the soldier’s uniform says
Tishbi—the birthplace of the
prophet Elijah, who is said to
appear mysteriously on Earth,
often disguised as a beggar
who leaves behind him blessings of good fortune or health.
The theme of tzedakah—
the Jewish obligation for
charitable giving—shines
through Kimmel’s heartwarming tale as Gabriel’s family selflessly shares its sudden
good fortune through acts of
kindness and generosity. Page
after page, kids will wonder
along with Gabriel if their
newfound luck is related to
the soldier and his tarnished,
mysterious horn.
In a phone conversation
from his home in Portland,
Oregon, Kimmel told JTA that
this book is a modern version
of an old folktale based on
a biblical Midrash. (A wellknown version, “The Seven
Years,” was penned by I.L.
Peretz.) Kimmel first retold
the tale in his award-winning
1991 children’s book “Days
of Awe,” and with “Gabriel’s
Horn” he revisits and contemporizes the story.
Kimmel said he continues
to return to folk traditions
because he sees them as the
roots of so many stories.
“I really don’t think kids
today know them well, and often their parents and teachers
don’t know them, either,” he
said. “They are so powerful.”
“Sky-High Sukkah” by Rachel Ornstein Packer; illustrated by Deborah Zemke ,
Apples & Honey Press; ages
3-8
Poor Leah and Ari. The two
friends dream of having a sukkah of their own—but living
in the city poses too many
obstacles, their parents tell
them. The kids reveal their
sad predicament to Al, the
neighborhood grocer, and
explain that during the sevenday holiday, Jewish families
build a hut that they decorate
with fruits like the ones Al
sells. But will Leah and Ari’s
dreams be answered when
Ari’s picture of a “Sky-High
Sukkah” wins a Hebrew
school drawing contest for a
free sukkah?
This is an endearing story that concludes happily
as Leah and Ari discover that
building community is just
as rewarding as building
a beautiful sukkah. Zemke’s
lively illustrations capture the
bustling urban neighborhood
and brings to life the harvest
holiday with bright reds,
greens, purples and oranges.
“How It’s Made: Torah
Scroll ” by Allison Ofanansky;
photographs by Eliyahu Alpern , Apples & Honey Press;
ages 3-8
What’s a Torah scroll and
how is it made? This fascinating photo essay is perfect for
Simchat Torah, the holiday
that marks the end of the
cycle of weekly Torah readings
and the beginning of the new
cycle, giving kids and grownups a behind-the-scenes look
at what is involved in this ancient Jewish tradition. The author and photographer break
down the many people, steps
and materials involved, from
hand-stretched parchment,
special inks, and feather and
reed pens to the meticulous
rules for the calligraphy.
The photo-filled pages reveal
intriguing facts (for example,
there are 304,805 letters in
a Torah scroll); DIY projects
(ink making), and open-ended
questions for further thought
(for one, how do you fix mistakes?).
This Rosh HaShanah, make a healthy
New Year a reality for millions of Israelis.
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will have your order ready. Ask about our express pick-up options.
Visit our website or restaurant
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ambulance services, and blood to the injured and ill. Last year, MDA responded to 600,000
emergencies, saving thousands of lives. Join us in this sacred work. Thank you and our best
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